Bible Ballistics: This Is The Day….And??? Vol. 6#11
“This is the day
which the Lord hath made;
we will rejoice
and be glad
in it.” Psalm118:24
Which day? This day! The day that God made! We’ve been talking a lot about time and what we need to do with our time, so let’s continue today in search of our purpose—on this day. To live our purpose every day!
“And it shall be said in that day,
Lo, this is our God;
we have waited for him,
and he will save us:
this is the Lord;
we have waited for him,
we will be glad
and rejoice
in his salvation.” Isaiah 25:9
“(For he saith, I have heard thee
in a time accepted,
and in the day of salvation
have I succoured thee:
behold, now
is the accepted time;
behold, now
is the day of salvation.)” 2 Corinthians 6:2
Today is the day of salvation!!! We have no assurance of tomorrow, nor do any of our loved ones who don’t know Jesus. Our task is to share the “Good News” of the gospel with those around us, but how? By rejoicing in Jesus and walking in His Spirit. By being a “reconciler” toward the world, and calling them to Jesus. Not condoning the wickedness around us but being a lighthouse of the love of Jesus and the salvation that only HE offers through the blood that HE shed for all who will come to HIM.
“Neither is there salvation in any other:
for there is none other name under heaven
given among men,
whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12
“Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way,
the truth,
and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.” John 14:6
“In him was life;
and the life
was the light of men.” John 1:4
“I am come
that they might have life,
and that they might have it
more abundantly.” John 10:10
There is only one way to God, and Jesus is that way. We are born in sin, born to die, but God has made a way for us to have life and have it abundantly!!! We have abundant life—the life of Jesus within us. Life from the dead!!!
Ephesians 2:1-7 tells us clearly that we can have this life in Jesus, how can we keep it a secret:
“And you hath he quickened, (made alive)
who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked
according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air,
the spirit that now worketh (not God’s)
in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation
in times past
in the lusts of our flesh,
fulfilling the desires of the flesh
and of the mind;
and were by nature the children of wrath,
even as others.
4 But God,
who is rich in mercy,
for his great love
wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with Christ,
(by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together,
and made us sit together in heavenly places
in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might shew
the exceeding riches of his grace
in his kindness toward us
through Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:1-7
“But God”!!! Praise God for the great “conjunctions” of the Bible. But God had mercy—not just ‘had’ mercy, but our God IS mercy, the very essence of mercy. And HE extends that mercy to you and me. We who were:
dead in trespasses and sins—all of us
walking in the ‘world’ by the ‘worlds’ rules
under Satan’s kingdom-by birth and by choice
–in worldy living
–in worldly lusts
–in worldly desire
–as children of wrath (the wages of sin is death…)
BUT GOD!!! Oh what a wonderful contrast!!! God reaches down for us, and when we come to know the love and redeeming grace of God we are enabled to live it and share it every day, in every way, by the blood of Jesus!
It’s why we can rejoice in each day that God gives us; each day He gives us to serve Him. Rejoice in each day we are privileged to serve Him and others. We can even rejoice in the difficulties of life, knowing that God has us in HIS hand. In Jesus I can truly give thanks in, and even for all things because I know this day—TODAY—and each and every day which God gives me is an operation of the principle of God’s sovereign working, IN ME, FOR HIS GLORY!
“And we know
that all things work together for good
to them that love God,
to them who are the called
according to his purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow,
he also did predestinate
to be conformed
to the image of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.”
Romans 8:28-29
And by His power we can live for God in every way, every day.
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” 1 Cor. 10:31.
“I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live;
yet not I,
but Christ liveth in me:
and the life which I now live
in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20
“I can do all things
through Christ
which strengtheneth me.” Philippians 4:13
“This I say then,
Walk in the Spirit,
and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.” Galatians 5:16
“And they that are Christ’s
have crucified the flesh
with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit,
let us also walk in the Spirit.” Galatians 5:24
“He that overcometh
shall inherit all things;
and I will be his God,
and he shall be my son.” Revelation 21:7
We overcome because of what Jesus did for us at Calvary.
1 John 5:4, “For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world:
and this is the victory that overcometh the world,
even our faith.”
Therefore we can surely, every day, every way:
“Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.” Philippians 4:4
Rejoice TODAY!!!
