Spending time, or living life?

The Facebook post celebrated getting through yet another week.

That’s a common message. In fact, in the world of social media — or simply among co-workers — there are two messages you’ll routinely hear: the cursing of Mondays, and the praising of Fridays.

The problem with that is God made both days. And the days in between. And He made them for us to live them.

He didn’t make them for us to just survive them. He made them for us to live them!

I understand some days are tougher than others. Sometimes rough days get strung along into a tough week, or longer. But it can be all too easy to develop the habit of cursing certain days, and shaping our mentality around simply getting through.

With that kind of attitude, we’re wading through time, not living out life.

It was Jesus’s intention that we find a little more meaning, a little more fulfillment in life than just getting through it:

“The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life,” John 10:10.

If you’re not finding your days to be rich and satisfying, maybe you’re not doing with them what Jesus intended you to do with them. Maybe you aren’t doing them with Him. Maybe you’re not looking to Him as the source to make them “rich” or “satisfying.” Maybe each day could hold a greater value if we shaped our attitudes with a scriptural guide for our days:

“This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it,” Psalm 118:24.

God gives you each day to live; you choose the way you value that gift, and how you spend it.

What are you doing with your days?

Scotty