David [00:00:05]:
All right, Here we go. 5, 4, 3. Well, welcome again, everyone. We’re so glad you’re here with us today. And it’s time to get into the Word. And today we’re going to begin a series looking at Psalm 118, 24, which says this. This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.
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And let me give you a little background on why this verse is important. I just felt impressed to share it with you. Probably about 20 years ago, the Lord said to me, when you get up every morning, start your day by declaring this verse, this is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. And I started doing that. He said, I want you to acknowledge me first. Well, that gave me a whole different perspective on my day as I got up and did that every morning. And so I immediately started the day with an attitude of joy and attitude of gratitude as we hear it said.
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And it has become a morning declaration for me as I’ve done it through the years. I’ve added to it. I’ll go, this is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day my Father God made for me. He blessed this day. He blessed me in this day. I’m blessed coming in, going out in the city, in the field, and all the things.
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And so it’s a whole declaration I do every morning to start my day, to get me focused. So today we will begin a series of looking into the meaning and significance of this verse. God had me start declaring this verse, but once I started studying this verse, I was amazed at what I found. And so the number one thing we find about this verse is this. It is a declaration of God’s sovereignty. It is acknowledging God’s sovereignty is in every day. He is here. He is in every day.
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He didn’t say, let the world come forth, and the world be made, and light come and all the things, and then just sit back and not be involved. He is very intentional about this day. Psalm 19, not Psalm 19. Psalm 90, verse 14 in the NIV says this satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy, be glad all of our days. We start every day knowing that God ordained this day. This day is intentional. He has a purpose, a plan for this day. He has a purpose and a plan for you today in this day.
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And so we see here, every day is ordained by God. Psalm 139, 16, 17 says, you eyes saw my substance being yet unformed. And in your book they were all written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are your thoughts, thoughts to me, O God. How great is the sum of them. And so the writer here, the psalmist here is saying, God, you saw me and knew me before I was even formed in the womb, you fashioned me. These days were fashioned for me. Wow.
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Think about that. Today was fashioned for you. God knew you were going to be here. He knew he had had destined and ordained for you to be here, right here and now. How precious, oh Lord, are your thoughts to me. The fact that you thought of me, thought about me, care for me, love me, and you have ordained a place for me, a plan for me. Wow. And this day is a part of it.
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Ephesians 1:4 in the New King James Version says, just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, wow. He chose us in him before the foundation of the world. He wanted us to be in Christ before the world ever began. His heart’s desire was for us to be his children, to be in relationship and fellowship with him and before the foundation of the world. When he thought of you, when he saw you, he saw you goes on to say that we should be holy and without blood. Blame. God sees you as holy. He sees you without blame.
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He’s not blaming you. He loves you. It goes on to say, it said that we should be holy and without blame before him in love. God loves you. He loves you every moment of every day. So every day you can get up and say, this is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it, because God has made this day with you in mind. He really has.
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He is a creator, not only of the universe, but also of time and history. We. I like to say it this way. We are all a part of his story. His story creates history and becomes a part of our story. But he created all of this. And he created the day’s time that goes forward day after day after day. And he just didn’t.
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Again, let me say this. He just didn’t fling it out there and go, okay, here are all the days. No, he did this intentionally with us in mind. Hallelujah. Job 12:10. This is from the Amplified Classic, like the way it says it here. In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind. Wow.
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In his hand is the life of every living thing. Every living thing exists, lives and moves, and has its being because of Him. Because of Him. And the breath of all mankind is in his hand. He breathed life into us, what he made us. And so every day is special to him and should be special to us. Today is not random. It’s not meaningless.
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It exists by God’s intentional design. This is the day that the Lord has made. Made. We’ll look more into that here in a little bit. But think about that. God made this day, and he made you here in this day, for this day. Jeremiah 29:11 in the NIV says, For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, but plans to give you hope and a future.
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Hallelujah. God loves us so much. He has plans for us. He wants to bless us. He wants to prosper us. And that word prosper there means to empower, to increase, to excel, to advance, to succeed, to profit. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. God has blessed you. He has plans to give you hope. You can find your hope in him, the God of hope and a future. God has a future for you. He has a future for you every day of your life here on the earth. He has a future for you. But even as you step into eternity, God still has a future for you.
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I know we’ve probably seen the pictures and heard it talked about in movies or shows or spoken about, about laying on clouds and playing harps and just hanging out every day in heaven. And while we’re going to have a great time rejoicing and resting in heaven, we still are going to have a future. We still have a purpose. God still has a plan for us throughout eternity. Hallelujah. You have a reason for being. So let’s rejoice and be glad, huh? Amen. Ephesians 2:10 in the King James says this for we are his workmanship.
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We are created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in this them. God’s plan is built upon your gifts and talents and ability that he placed within you. He wove it in you. That word workmanship there in Ephesians 2:10, is the Greek word poema. It’s where we get the English word poem or poetic. God is a poet, and we are his poem here in the earth. He’s our tapestry, one of the things that it defines it as. It’s a tapestry of words woven together.
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God has woven us together. He’s given us gifts. He’s given us talents, ability. He’s blessed us with these things so that we can bring value and be a blessing to those around us. God’s eternal purpose brings together your plan with those of others, his plan for others to accomplish his purpose. So we’re all working together to accomplish his purpose and his plan. Ephesians 4:16 in the New Living Translation, the NLT says this. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly.
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God’s making us fit together perfectly. We don’t have to figure that out. He does it. As each part does its own special work. It helps the other parts grow so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love. We each have something to contribute to the body of Christ. And we do it in love and faith and trusting God. And you use all those talents, all that ability, all that creativity that he’s placed within you to do that.
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Hallelujah. Praise God. Praise God. Praise God. And as we do that, we encourage those around us. And the body is built up, healthy and whole, growing, full of love. The second thing we see here in this verse is Psalm 118, 24 is a call to rejoice with purpose. So we see he is a sovereign God.
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He. He made each day intentionally, but also it’s a call to rejoice in each day with purpose. The call to rejoice and be glad is not circumstantial. It’s not based on what’s happening around us, whether it’s good or whether it’s bad. It’s not about circumstances. Habakkuk 3:17 18 in the King James says, though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food, though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord. I will joy in the God of my salvation. He is our Redeemer.
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He is our salvation. So what we see here, this is a call to be intentional, decisive, to make a choice each and every day to celebrate God’s goodness. Because no matter what’s going on around us, what the circumstances are, we know this. God is faithful, God is just, and his goodness is all around us every day. Scripture says his mercies are new every morning. John 16, verse 33. King James says this, these things I have spoken to you that in me you may have peace now in the world you will have tribulation. But be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
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Hallelujah. I love that. Hey, guys, you’re going to have tribulation. You may have some Today, you may have some tomorrow. But be of good cheer. Rejoice in your tribulation. Why? Because I’ve overcome the world. I’ve already overcome it.
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I already have a way through it. I already have a win there for you, a victory. You are an overcomer. So our joy is rooted in who God is and what he’s doing in us and for us, and not what’s going on around us. Remember that, because the enemy will do everything he can to distract you by what’s going on around you and tell you how messed up it is and how you’ve missed it. And, well, God’s not hearing you and you must be doing something wrong. No. Our joy, our gladness, our rejoicing, our praise, our gratitude is rooted in who God is and what he is doing in us and for us, not what’s going on around us.
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Philippians 4:4 in the Amplified classic says this. Rejoice in the Lord always, no matter what’s going on. Rejoice in the Lord. Delight. Gladden yourself in him. Again I say rejoice. It’s just that simple. Psalm 37:4 in the Amplified classic says, delight yourself also in the Lord, and he will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.
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If you delight in him, if you rejoice in him, if you’re glad in him, and you do that consistently every day, he’s going to give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart. Hallelujah. That’s what the word promises right here. That’s what God is saying. And I see this all the time with my grandkids when they get delighted in me or my wife. I remember I probably shared the story, but I’m going to share it again. We had been up visiting with them, and my wife Kania had a new dress on she had gotten. And it was a really nice pink dress, really pretty dress.
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And we’re there saying bye to the grandkids because we’re getting ready to come back home. And our youngest grandchild, Kate, she’s 4 now, but they call Kania, they call her Nani. And so she had picked Kate up and was hugging her by. And Kate’s looking at her dress and goes, nani, that’s pretty dress. And you’re getting me one. You know what? Two or three days later, Amazon delivered it. And so Kate was rejoicing in Nani’s new dress and felt like she should have one, too. That was the desire of her heart.
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Well, God gets just as excited about you as you delight in Him. He Goes. It’s all yours. What do you want? Hallelujah. Rejoice in the Lord always. The third thing we see here in this verse, Psalm 118:24, is this verse is a prophetic and messianic verse verse. It’s a prophecy. Psalm 118 is a part of the Halel Psalms.
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Hallel is where we get the word hallelujah, but the Halel songs. And Halel means praise in Hebrew. And these psalms are expressions of gratitude for God’s deliverance, celebration of his faithfulness, and a call to praise him personally in community and universally. So we are called to praise him personally. We’re called to praise him in a community of believers, and we’re called to praise him universally, the church worldwide. These psalms help anchor worship in both historical reflection, like the exodus from Egypt or Easter for us, or personal experience of God’s mercy and power working within our own lives. And what we see here, as you read the whole chapter here, Psalm 118 is highly messianic in theme. It’s very prophetic about the coming of our Redeemer and our Savior.
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So listen to Psalm 118, 2126 here I will praise you, for you have answered me and have become my salvation. The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, I pray, O Lord, O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
David [00:21:59]:
We have blessed you from the house of the Lord. So there are portions of this verse that the apostle Peter referenced. He referenced verse 22 and first Peter 2:7. He talked about Jesus being the chief cornerstone. First Peter 2:7. Let me read you that from the new King James Version. Therefore, to you who believe he is precious, but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. And then verse 26 says, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, which is quoted in Matthew 21:9 at Jesus Triumphal entry.
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So Peter and the writer there in Matthew, Matthew going back to this chapter in Psalms and referencing Jesus there, because we see him there. So this is a very prophetic psalm, very prophetic verse. Also Matthew 21:9 in the New King James says, then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. So what we see Here is Psalm 118:24 celebrates the day of God’s redemptive work, a day of victory and deliverance. This is the day of victory and deliverance that the Lord has made for believers, Christians, those who trusted in Christ. This verse finds ultimate fulfillment in the resurrection of Jesus, the decisive day of salvation.
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In Luke 24, we see the resurrection happened on the first day of the week. And the first day of the week became a day of rejoicing for the church. And that’s why we celebrate the Lord every Sunday, because Sunday is the first day of the week. Saturday was the Jewish Sabbath, but Jesus was raised to life, resurrected on the first day of the week. And so we celebrate the Lord every Sunday, especially Easter Sunday, where we celebrate his resurrection. We can do this for special days we’ve experienced personally, like you may celebrate the day you were saved. Hallelujah. This is the day the Lord made, the day I got saved.
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If you were healed in some way, you celebrate that day of healing. We celebrate provision and remember it and testify of it. Do you remember when God met our need? And that miraculous way we celebrate that day. We celebrate childbirth, the day we were born, our birthdays and the birthdays of family members. These are all days to celebrate, to rejoice and be glad. Another takeaway here is the psalmist is challenging Israel to celebrate what they know is coming. Think about that. When they wrote this psalm, Jesus hadn’t came yet.
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They were saying, this is coming. God has declared and ordained that a Savior is coming to bring us salvation. Let’s rejoice and be glad in that day. So he’s challenging Israel to celebrate what they know is coming. What do you know is coming? What has God shared with you that you know for certain is coming? This is something we can do now also. We can celebrate those days from the past, we can celebrate today. But we can also celebrate the day that’s coming. We can begin to celebrate ahead of time what we know the Lord is bringing to us.
David [00:26:40]:
Kania and I believe for a house, a house the Lord showed us, spoke to us and confirmed. That’s your house. That’s your place. And so we say this all the time, Lord, we rejoice and we’re glad in our move in day. We thank you for our move in day. And we thank you that in Christ we have all the resources we need to move in and possess that house. And we rejoice and we’re glad in it, Lord. Hallelujah.
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Praise God. I don’t know exactly which day that’s going to be, but I know God has ordained it and that day is near. It’s coming and so we celebrate it ahead of time. I can celebrate the birth of a grandbaby that’s coming. I don’t know the exact day that grandbaby’s going to be born, but I go ahead and start celebrating it and rejoicing in the Lord and being glad for this child that’s coming. I celebrate people I’m working with and we’re believing with them for things, people I’m witnessing to. I know it’s just a moment of time and we’re going to be celebrating their salvation, their deliverance, their freedom. Hallelujah.
David [00:27:57]:
The fourth thing we see here is Psalm 118:24 is challenging us to a daily connection with the Lord. A daily connection with the Lord While the original context highlights a specific day of victory from the prophetic sense, believers rightly apply this verse to each and every day. Expressing Psalm 118:24 daily encourages three things. Now let’s talk about those three things. Number one gratitude. Gratitude for the gift of the present moment. Lord, thank you for this day. I know you’re in this day.
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I know you’re with me in this day. Gratitude comes from the heart. It’s a part of being glad. And we know we come, we’re grateful. And gratitude comes no matter what’s going on around us. Even if we’re in the midst of tribulations Jesus said we would be a part of at times we can still have gratitude because we know he is overcome. God has a way. Hallelujah.
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As my friend Jackie Liston, who’s came and shared with us before here at Emerge, as he likes to say, I’m grateful today. How about you? And so gratefulness is this powerful gift that we can choose every day to walk in. Lamentations 322 and 23 says this though the Lord’s mercies, or through the Lord’s mercies, we are not consumed because his compassions fail not they are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. So our gratitude flows from recognizing that every morning is a renewal of God’s kindness, faithfulness, love, and care for us. Each day brings fresh mercy. We’re not living on yesterday’s mercy or grace or favor. We’re living on the new mercy, the new grace, the new favor that God has brought intentionally for this day.
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Matthew 6:34 in the NIV says, Therefore do not worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble its own. So rejoice and be glad in today. Gratitude is nurtured when we release tomorrow’s anxieties and are fully present in today. We want to be fully present in today. We don’t want to just be going through this day, we want to be living in in this day. The second thing we see here is trust that God is in control, no matter what the circumstances.
David [00:31:11]:
So we’ve already referenced this a little bit, but Romans 8:28 in the NIV says this and we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Trust in him means believing his plan is still unfolding for your good. And God is always working behind the scenes, even through trials, tribulations, struggles for a greater purpose. God is going to work it all for your good and for your purpose. Isaiah 41:10 in the ESV says it this way. Fear not, for I am with you. Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you.
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I will help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. God is with us. God is for us. God loves us. Hallelujah. He’s already working in our behalf, winning battles we won’t even have to fight. Hallelujah.
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Know this. God is always with you, present and actively upholding you. Even when things look uncertain, God is right there with you. The third thing we see here is joyful expectation of God’s presence and purpose unfolding in our lives every day. Let me say that again. Having a joyful exhalation of God’s presence and purpose, for it is unfolding in our lives every day. Ephesians 3, 20 and 21 in the amplified Classic. You’ve heard me teach on this several times before, but now to him who by and in consequence of the action of his power that is at work within us, he is able to carry out his purpose and do superabundantly far over and above all that we dare ask or think infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes or dreams.
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To him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. So he can do it all, beyond anything we can think or imagine. So rejoice to him be glory. And when we give him glory, we’re rejoicing and being glad in him throughout all generations. We’ll never stop doing this. We will always be rejoicing and being glad. So get in the flow now.
David [00:34:09]:
Start practicing it now. His power is within you, ready to carry out his purpose for you. Think about that. His power is within you right now, working to carry out his purpose for you. And he’s ready to do that super abundantly, far, over and above all that you dare ask or think. What would you dare ask or think? The Lord. The Lord. Think about that.
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And God would probably say, you need to think higher than that. That’s easy. Then he goes on to say there in that verse in Ephesians, infinitely beyond. Do you know what infinitely beyond means? That means beyond beyond. That’s the way I like to say it. Beyond, beyond. Never ending, infinite, unending, unlimited, infinitely beyond. Your highest prayers, your highest desires, your highest thoughts, your highest hopes, your highest dreams.
David [00:35:22]:
So give him glory and rejoice and be glad throughout all the generations. Hallelujah. This word today is not just for us, is for our families. It’s for our kids, our grandkids, our great grandkids, our great, great grandkids, and every generation to follow. Psalm 118:24 is both a praise for a specific act of God’s deliverance and a daily affirmation of God’s sovereignty and goodness. Each day this verse invites us to live with joy, faith and gratitude. No matter what the day may bring, remember he is present and active with us and he is worthy of our celebration, our joy and gladness. Let me read this to you from the amplified classic, Psalm 118.
David [00:36:26]:
This is the day which the Lord has brought, and we will rejoice and be glad in it. He has brought about this day so we can rejoice and be glad in it. Hallelujah. Like I said, we started a series today. We got at least two more messages. We’re going to be looking at this verse in and uncovering what God has for us here. I’m excited for us to go there together. Let’s bow our heads in prayer today.
David [00:36:59]:
Father, we thank you for this day that you’ve given us. We thank you that we know you’re here with us. Active operative. Oh Lord, you’re in this day fully. And you’re inviting us to come fully into this day with you, to celebrate, to rejoice in you, to be glad in you, to come with thankfulness, to come with grateful hearts, hearts of gratitude, Father, to worship you throughout the day. Throughout the day. We can do this all day long, Lord. Hallelujah.
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So Father, I pray that as everyone joins in and begins to celebrate and be glad, God, that you just show out in ways they can’t imagine. We, we thank you for surrounding us with your presence, your goodness your favor, ordering our steps in line with your will and purpose as we rejoice in you each and every day. Thank you, Father God. Amen. So be it. Praise God. Now you go out and rejoice every day and have a wonderful week. Pastor Kanye is coming right now with a closing thought and prayer.
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God bless you.
