Slideshow image

Three Big Mistakes

Psalm 118:24 - This is the day the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it!

 

Three mistakes we can make that hinder our rejoicing in today:

 

  1. Longing for yesterday. A lady wrote to a newspaper editor, “Your paper is not as good as it used to be.” He replied, “It never has been.” Learn from the past, but don’t put a halo on it. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 7:10, “Say not thou, what is the cause that the former days were better than these? For thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.” The Bible says in Isaiah 43:18-19, “Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
  2. Longing for the right somebody. It’s better to want what you don’t have than to have what you don’t want. The “somebody blues” can cause you to end up like the lady who said, “I never knew what real happiness was until I married my husband; now it's too late.” Two dysfunctional people usually don’t make one happy couple. When you’re by yourself, at least you know who you are dealing with. God knows what you need better than you do, and “No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly” (Psalms 84:11). Instead of striving to find the right person, strive to become the right person.
  3. Longing for some future destination. It’s a mistake to believe that when you arrive at a certain point you’ll be happy; when you retire, take that trip or reach that goal. No, your happiest moments are along the way, not at the end of the trip. When it comes to living you can’t improve on the Scripture “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”