Be of Good Cheer

Ecclesiastes 9:7 (HCSB) – “ Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.”

       Well it is the close of another business week and we will hear periodically throughout the day – “TGIF” –“Thank God It’s Friday”.  We have made it through Lazy Monday, Hump Day Wednesday and now we are getting geared up for the weekend and all of its activities.  Many will use the end of the week to tie up loose ends and prepare for a weekend of pure leisure; while others may have to work a shift or two on Saturday and/or Sunday, so Friday is no different from any other day.  Whatever your course, take time out to enjoy this day.  Like all those that proceeded it and all that will follow – it is a day that the Lord has made and we shall (should) rejoice and be glad in it.  The key phrase is that we will be glad ‘’IN” it.  Be an active part of the day.  Don’t let the day slip by; the hours roll on and the time fly without really taking a moment or two to enjoy the essence of the day.  God created this day with special favors just for you.  If your heart is receptive, it will instinctively know that cheerfulness has its own rewards. 

       The things we have done are already perceived by God and he acknowledges that he has accepted our works…now it is time to quiet our spirits and rest in his blessings. All your struggles, trials, triumphs and victories of the week are about to brush up against the weekend with one main outcome-you survived and God wants to share this day  in fellowship with you.  Each day God grants new mercies so that we have a clean slate to embrace all the options that the day will bring.

Be of good cheer; God has established a place for you to revive, revitalize, recover, rediscover and rejuvenate. Take advantage of it and relax in his care.   Whatever issue might be bombarding you and trying to impinge on your peace – if you can’t dismiss it totally (what good does worry do?); then at least toss it to the back burner until next week.  There is a good reason why God requires man to rest – we need it. Every day is a good day; it is up to us to make it a GREAT day.  Have a cheerful weekend.  2015 is the Year of Manifestation. Be blessed! Dr. JoAnn