Prayer For Today

Psalm 118:24 - "This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."

Thank you, Lord, for this day.  Although it does not feel special as I pray, today is not just another day…it is Today.  A day with a specific purpose and a specific way to praise you.  Today my brothers and sisters and I will have specific purposes, specific ways to praise you, and specific ways that we feel your presence.  This very day, specific battles are being fought, with specific victories and specific defeats.  Today specific people will die...some will go to Hell and specific others will go to Heaven.  Because of this, Today is not just another day.

Today could feel like just another day.  Even at the end of Today, it could look like many other past Todays with no perceived distinguishing features.  But for those going to Heaven or Hell, Today was certainly unique.  For those being dealt a personal blow in the spiritual battle, Today was not just another day.  For those entering captivity as a slave to merciless captors, Today is far from an ordinary day. For those receiving a revelation or gift from God, Today is a special day.  If any one of my brothers or sisters is experiencing Today as not just another day, then neither is it for me.  No, Today is a special day, unique and specific.  Specific sun rays on my face, warming my body and soul.  Specific oxygen molecules in the air I breathe, giving me life as a gift of God.  Specific vitamins in specific foods nourish my body in a specific way.  Specific words are received by my ears from Scripture, song, sermon, or friend.  And if I treat Today as a special day, then all of these things are not just received by my ears, body, and face…they are received by my heart and soul.

So it is not the makeup of Today that makes it special so much as the makeup of me to receive the specificities of Today that make it uniquely special, powerful, and life giving.  How wonderful then that Christ through the Holy Spirit lives within me!  For in Him alone can I receive each day in such a way.  In Him alone can I be made alive in all things.  Only by receiving Today through Christ can all things work together for my good (Rom 8:28) and can I do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil 4:13).

Today.  My special day.  Not because of the specifics of the day, but because Christ lives in me Today.  May you know Jesus in this way, too, and never live an ordinary day again.  Through Christ, may every day be as special as Today.  Amen.