November 13
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THIS IS THE DAY TO REJOICE AND BE GLAD
This is the day which the LORD has made;
Let’s rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Please, O LORD, do save us;
Please, O LORD, do send prosperity!
26 Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD;
We have blessed you from the house of the LORD.
27 The LORD is God, and He has given us light;
Bind the festival sacrifice to the horns of the altar with cords.
28 You are my God, and I give thanks to You;
You are my God, I exalt You.
29 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;
For His mercy is everlasting. -Psalm 118:24-29
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Enduringword.com comments on verse 24 as the verse when Jesus quoted verse 22 (at Matthew 21:42, Mark 12:10-11, and Luke 20:17), He did so in response to the praise and hosannas given to Him at what is commonly called the triumphal entry. Since this psalm is prophetically connected with that event, the day mentioned here can be prophetically understood as the day Jesus formally entered Jerusalem as Messiah and King. It is true in a general sense that the LORD makes every day, and there is reason to rejoice and be glad in every day. Yet specifically, the day the LORD made to rejoice and be glad in was the day Jesus entered Jerusalem with hosannas welcoming Him as Israel’s Savior. If on that day human voices failed to rejoice and be glad, Jesus said that the very stones would cry out their praises and hosannas (Luke 19:40).
It is a sad to watch many of us take for granted each and every day the Lord has made. We become so complacent and ungrateful. We fail to rejoice and be glad that we have another day to serve the Master of all masters and King of all kings. We are consumed living for ourselves that we have forgotten the faithful God who loves us so much that He gave his only Son, so we could be reconciled to Him. We have failed to walk in His light and constantly praise Him. As the psalmist reminds us in verse 29 to be grateful for God because He is good and His mercy lasts forever. Let us never fail to acknowledge and worship a faithful and loving Father who gives us all the time to come close to Him.
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REFLECTION
• How can we manifest gratitude to God and be glad for the days we are given?