Will Today Be Your Best Or Worst Day

(How many days do you have left -

What would have to happen today to make it your best day? What about your worst day?

What if today is one of the best days you’ll ever have — and you don’t even know it yet?

Not because anything spectacular is happening, just this ordinary, unremarkable, rain-soaked (where I am), quiet day, what if this is one of them?

I’ve been sitting here this morning thinking about that very thing, and it got me asking a question I want to sit with for a minute: do you experience today, or do you just pass through it?

Because a lot of us have developed this habit of treating today like a stepping stone, just the day standing between me and something more important, more meaningful, more everything.

Today is just the warm-up, kind of the waiting room before the real thing. But what if there is no waiting room? What if this is the room?

Moses, a man who had seen more of life and death than almost anyone in Scripture, wrote something in Psalm 90 that causes me to think:

“Teach us how short our lives really are so that we may be wise.” (Psalm 90:12 NCV)

I think Moses may have thought about death and “the end” a lot. He’s asking God to remove the illusion, to strip away the fog that makes us feel like we have unlimited tomorrows.

Because when you feel the weight of a day, you stop wasting them. Think about how differently you treat the last few days of a vacation versus the first few, on day one you’re loose, you’ve got time, you’ll get to the good stuff later, but on the last day you’re present, you linger, you notice things, you value it because you know it’s almost gone.

Why does it take the ending to make something feel worth something?

James speaks pretty clearly about this: “Your life is like a mist. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.” (James 4:14 NCV)

I think this is sort of a wake up call. And here’s what I’ve noticed in my own life, and when I read that it really causes me to ponder and evaluate myself, the days I look back on most fondly aren’t always the headline days. Some of the best days are chore days, days I worked out and ate well, days I sat across from someone and talked about something that actually mattered, days I read my Bible and journaled and just listened to the rain.

This is simple stuff, ordinary, and Intentional. Because those days don’t just happen, you have to choose them, in fact, you have to make them.

The default is noise, distraction, and drift. The hamster wheel doesn’t announce itself, it just starts spinning, and suddenly it’s 9pm and you’re tired and you couldn’t tell anyone what today was for.

Paul said it this way: “Be very careful how you live. Do not live like those who are not wise, but live wisely. Use every chance you have for doing good.” (Ephesians 5:15–16 NCV)

Do you life with eternity in mind? What you are building, how you are stressed, what occupies your thoughts, feelings and the reaction to life.

You can use a day without ever valuing it. You can be productive, busy, even helpful, and still have moved through an entire day without once asking, God, where are you in this?

Do we ask God: “What do you want from me today?” Days can get to pressing, and they can get too routine. I want days that mean something, not because I manufactured meaning, but because I am paying attention to the One who put meaning into every single day.

God does have a plan, a purpose for you. Can you see it? Do you know it? Are you curious about it?

Nothing is wasted when you’re paying attention.

You don’t have to know how many days are left. You just have to know that this one, this one right here, was given to you on purpose, for a purpose, by a God who has not run out of things He wants to do through you. Do you know what it is?

The question isn’t whether today matters. The question is, are you going to live it like it does? Are you going to live like it’s ending?

GOD, please look at me right now, look at today, tomorrow (if you give that to me) - what am I suppose to be doing with the time you give me? Who am I suppose to connect with? What am I suppose to do with my money, time, energy and the health and the life you are giving me right now? Help me see it through your eyes. IJNIP amen ♥️