Day of Praise

Wed, 10/10/18, "Day of Praise"

"His attendants asked him, 'Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!'" - 2 Samuel 12:21

How do you meet the day? And how do you meet the things within it?

In today's verse, King David is asked a question that helps us to think about the ways we meet the things that come our way. In sum, it's a puzzle to his servants why David fasts while his child is alive and eats when his child dies.

David's response is a model for us in how to faithfully meet our day. In sum, David is both humble in his asking while things are still unfolding but also hopeful in God when things have come to conclusion.

The application for us is simply this. Ask God humbly for the way we'd like things to go with the day in general and also with specific things within it. God wants to know your hopes.

Then when specific things are done through the day, like a test or a meeting or a talk, give it to God with hope and trust, and believe that it's in God's hands.

Humble asking and hopeful acceptance.

It's the formula for a wonderful day, regardless the size of the matters.

May your day be so wonderful with Jesus.

Praise God!


Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson