Good Monday! I hope you are off to work or school with a song in your heart. If we can't have that, maybe a nice cheerful song in your head will help. No? It's a Monday and nothing can make you sing this morning? Sorry to hear that. The children here in northeastern Colorado are going back to school after a week off today. That didn't help? Made it worse in fact. Wow, you got the Mondays real bad. Maybe you woke up in faith today.
We like to have everything just right on a Monday, or perhaps any other day as well. The pantry is well-stocked, the bank account is bulging, the bills are paid, the body feels strong, work is a cool breeze on a warm day, and we have that big vacation coming up. Sounds good, we even wrap that up as a request for God and everything will be just right when He gets that done for us.
However, faith wakes up and the journey is still before us. The bed is warm, but only because we are still in it. Work is a monster waiting to spring at us and the only thing holding it at bay is the fact we haven't opened the door yet. The cat/kids/dog/spouse or whatever else we have is hollering to be fed. The body cries out for some sort of overall pain relieving, mood altering, and jump-starting medication, but Aleve will have to do for now. The bills are still on the counter and the bank account is insufficient. Vacation is a forgotten dream and the body couldn't handle the one the spirit saw on television last night in any case. Wow, it's just another Monday and it's so much like every other day. Faith cries out in the voice of worldly woe, "Help me, Lord!"
Just perfect! Faith is right where the Lord wants it to be on this fine Monday. Back in the days of unbelief, we thought that fame, riches, athletic strength, and our glory therein was just what we needed out of this life and we set out to get it. God was addressed in a passing manner, usually because everyone else around us was using His name in the same way. The words after His name weren't always very nice, but we paid Him no attention. Faith was something for the weak; strength of mind and body something we held up for all to see. Then the world got a hold of us, chomped up and down a few times, nibbled and tore a few things, and spat us back out. Faith woke up and realized that its strength was weakness, its intellect stupid, its riches treacherous, and its glory tarnished. How did life get so difficult?
You may have some of the strength of youth left, a bit of the riches may cling to you in a good job, you might even enjoy a bit of glory still in your professional or personal life. However, by this point God has most likely spoken to you in a tragedy somewhere along the line. Your faith has awakened to the strength, wisdom, and riches of God's glory. As things have gone from bad to worse at times, you have prayed the earnest prayers of faith and found where the things you sought in youth have failed. Faith knows that I am weak, but God is the Almighty. Faith knows that I am poor, but God owns the cattle on a thousand hills. Faith knows that fame is loaded with peril, earthly riches betray the proud, and strength of body are fleeting. Faith knows that we have a savior in Christ and living in His strength is the best place to be, even on a Monday.
God bless us all, every one, and may the strength and courage of Christ Jesus be with you today.
Bucky
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