I like ordinary days. I enjoy what I do for a living. You know, ordinary things. And although my job will probably not make me a rich man, it's those ordinary days doing ordinary things that make me happy.
But for many people, ordinary days just aren't enough because they measure their happiness and joy by their material gain. By their worldly success and prosperity. By their "shopping sprees" as this translation from the Message Bible puts it. Sadly, they seek man's fortunes more than God's face. They are more concerned with what is in their hand than Who is in their heart, even though they will never be satisfied with what they manage to accumulate (Eccl. 5:10).
The joy, happiness and contentment we as Christians have in a single "ordinary day" is more than most rich and successful people will know in a lifetime. We see God's favor because we seek God's face. And His presence fills our hearts with a joy (Acts 2:28) that words simply cannot express (1 Pet. 1:8). He makes every day extraordinary for us. German composer, Richard Wagner, once wrote, "Joy is not in things, it is in us." The One who dwells in us is the source of our joy and strength (Neh. 8:10).Our joy is found not in what we have but in Who we know. Not in a fortune accumulated over a lifetime but in the favor of God that can be found by seeking (and finding) Him in one ordinary day!
Sock Monkey Snippet: Our joy is found not in what we have but in Who we know.
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