the new day

January 31, 2005

i am a morning person. i love waking up in the early morning. i love being able to greet the sun when it rises. i love seeing the way the morning rays reflect off the water (in the pool), the way it dazzles, jumps, and sparkles. i love watching the darkness creep away as the sun rises and takes it's prominent position in the sky. it's beautiful. but more than this, it's all because i love the new day. the new day has limitless possibilities, it is not defined by the previous day's events. no matter how dark or full of despair the previous day was, the new day brings hope. hope for change, hope for the impossible, hope for restoration, hope for anything and everything. it's mysterious too. you don't know what the new day will bring either. but that's the beauty of it, not knowing. that's where the excitement lies.

each day we live is a gift from God—a gift waiting to be unwrapped and marveled at. the new day signifies the holy privilege to join in the work of our Father. it's another opportunity to magnify and exalt Christ in all things, by edifying the body and to proclaim the indescribable and unfathomable love of the Holy Son of God to those who have not heard. it's another chance to stand in awe of Him, for all He has done and all He will do. the new day is full of potential divine moments where God is calling us out of the mediocrity and normalcy of life to join Him in doing something only He could do. the power of God is like a rushing wind: full on, at any moment. if we want to catch His wind, we must be prepared and ready. we must be on the lookout for it. if the new day is another day for us, for our selfish ambitions and desire, we'll miss it. but if it's another day for Him... who knows what could happen?

have there been moments in your life where the work of God is so evident that you wish you could freeze those moments in time and live in them forever? those moments where your heart is so fully alive that you can't contain yourself? i've had the privilege of experiencing a few of those. they've happened when i've stepped out in faith, when i've aligned my ways with His so that His Kingdom could advance. couldn't each day be like that?

our days are numbered. there are only so many of them that we have on this earth, and they are slowly ticking away. only God knows how many there are. i wonder. of the 8200 or so days i've lived on this planet, how many of them have been about me? and how many have been about Him? how many of them have been about things that were trivial? how many of them have been about things that really mattered? how many of them were for the Kingdom?

we have a choice. if we desire to glorify Him, we must to align ourselves with His purposes and His ways. we need to know that each new day, means one less day we have left on earth, one less day to live the life He created and intended us for on earth. how will you live the rest of your days?

"man's days are determined; You have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed" - job 14:5 [NIV]

Posted by Leo Chan at January 31, 2005 10:26 PM