A Mediocre Life

Good morning!

It's a rainy Monday morning and on my way to the gym earlier, I was thinking that the gloominess felt comfortable. It's sad, I know, but I've been starting to feel pretty "blah" in the normal-everyday-ness of life. Every day seems the same and to stray from it only means there's more catching up to do later (i.e., laundry, dishwasher, etc...). But the cloudy skies and drizzling rain felt right at home. I didn't complain. I didn't even notice it at first. Then I came home and read Psalm 138 and was caught off guard by a couple of words David chooses to use here. Here's the passage for you:

Psalm 138 (New King James Version)
A Psalm of David.
1 I will praise You with my whole heart;
Before the gods I will sing praises to You.
2 I will worship toward Your holy temple,
And praise Your name
For Your lovingkindness and Your truth;
For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.
3 In the day when I cried out, You answered me,
And made me bold with strength in my soul.
4 All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O LORD,
When they hear the words of Your mouth.
5 Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the LORD,
For great is the glory of the LORD.
6 Though the LORD is on high,
Yet He regards the lowly;
But the proud He knows from afar.
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me;
You will stretch out Your hand
Against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will save me.
8 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me;
Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever;
Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
(http://www.biblegateway.com/)

I've highlighted in red the words that struck me this morning. I've been feeling so "normal," so routine, so run-of-the-mill lately that I've been forgetting to live. I've been forgetting to take hold of what my Savior promises me in terms of a life lived in Him!

David doesn't just tell the Lord that he'll acknowledge Him in his morning devotions....he wants to praise Him with his whole heart.

God hasn't just been loyal to us...He has magnifed His love, made it greater toward us, and backed it with His own Great Name!

When we've needed Him in the past, He hasn't just shown us the steps to get through...He has made us bold with strength.

When we're in the middle of a struggle and feel defeated, He won't just sit on the sidelines and be there with a drink of water...He revives us with new life and a refreshed heart and mind.

And God won't just get us through the day on a string...He promises to perfect in us the things concerning us. (Note: He won't perfect in us things concerning others!)

Wouldn't it be great to live a life filled with feelings of revival, refreshment and bold strength? I don't want the rain to feel comfortable. I don't want to be up early and not notice that the sun hasn't risen. I want to trust my day to the One who promises that I won't ever have a mediocre day if I place it in Him. Then I can welcome the rain as refreshment and renewal.