FAVORITE DAY

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (MSG)

1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

“What day is it?"

It's today," squeaked Piglet.

My favorite day," said Pooh.” ― A.A. Milne

Are you like POOH today?

Ready for the possibilities and opportunities of today?  Or are yesterday’s trials and failures doing their best to seep into the prospects of this day too?  Or maybe there is so much on the horizon, so many things to do, achieve, plan or complete that today is just in the way.

Ever since I "came back" in the hospital back in July of ’08, GOD has helped me to appreciate the "day".  Recovery even encourages “one day at a time thinking” and offers 24 hour tokens to relish its importance.

And while I know we all need to have an eye to the future and planning is part of life, GOD says don’t sacrifice the joy of the day fretting over it.

Matthew 6:34

The Message (MSG)

34 “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow.

GOD even encourages us to “rejoice in the present” to grab hold of these moments we DO have with both hands, to be glad in them!

Psalm 118:24 (NLT)

24 This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

Far too many todays are either sabotaged by the endlessly heaping baggage of a past we can’t impact or fully rectify or by anxiousness and worry over a future we have not been guaranteed.  What ends up lost in the sauce is today, POOH’S favorite day.  And why was it POOH’S favorite?

Probably because there was some honey to be discovered and enjoyed.

Probably because there were friends to see and enjoy in the 100 acre wood today.

Probably because POOH knew that today Piglet and he were getting one more day together to just be together.

Pooh knew today could be an amazing day!

Now I know this sounds a little "schmaltzy" and childish.  I get it.  POOH and PIGLET don’t have bills to pay and consequences to iron out and financial issues looming like a midsummer storm.  I get it.  POOH and PIGLET don’t have real problems.

But it doesn’t make what POOH is saying childish at all.

Pooh is wise. 

Don’t allow all that you can’t control today; the past or the future to steal the gift that is today.  Be PRESENT in your PRESENT today.  Don’t forget to pause and take it in.  Don’t be so preoccupied with the past and future that you miss out on something GOD has planned for you just for today.

“Doesn't every day deserve a chance to be a good day? An opportunity? A shot? A tryout? An audition? A swing at the plate? After all: "This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it." But what of those days when traffic snarls, airports close, friends forget, and spouses complain? Or divorce days, final exam days, surgery days, tax days, or even days when the cemetery dirt is still fresh?

Yes, every day.

Jesus' delightful formula for upgrading each of your days to blue ribbon status: saturate your day in Jesus' grace; entrust your day to His oversight; accept His direction. Grace. Oversight. Direction. G-O-D. The perfect prescription for filling your day with divine power and giving every day a chance. – Max Lucado

Listen to POOH and Max.

Allow GOD to help make today a “favorite” day.

 

Have a blessed DAY!

I love you all

Freedom Church

Pastor GDelaney