When I prepare myself to lead before the youth convention, I listen to Today is the day by Lincoln Brewster. I’ve been listening to Lincoln since 1999 and really enjoy his music. Today is the day really speaks to me and touches me. It’s not about Today is the day song, but the lyric is prefect! Today is not the same like yesterday! Today is the day, special for us!
This post I feel like I want to write about this song. I love this song not only because it’s music, but the true meaning behind the song. When I listen to the song, the main focus for me is the lyric. The theologies of the lyric have to be correct and reflect about God. This song is one of it.
(verse 1)
I’m casting my cares aside,
I’m leaving my past behind,
I’m setting my heart and mind on You Jesus
(verse 2)
I putting my fears aside
I’m leaving my doubts behind
I’m giving my hopes and dreams to You Jesus
The verses talk about worries and our past life. How many of us worry? Do we worry many things in our life? Do we know worries which end up to not trusting God our provider is sin? That’s why I believe what Lincoln want to stress out here is that regarding our worry!! Let’s check the bible. While I continue my reading from Phil to Col, few verses regarding the song speaks to me, and I know God want to speak to me through this song again and to want me share to you all.
Php 4:6 Never worry about anything, but in every situation let your petitions be made known to God in prayers and requests, with thanksgiving.
In Paul letters to Philippians, Paul wrote and advice them to not worry about anything but to PRAY!!!In our petitions, pray and request with thanksgiving! I’d been worry too and down this few days. But what I normally did is, I told myself to retreat from my ministry. This retreat is not to leave my ministry, but to rest and to seek God in my quite moment. All this while I was so busy with my ministry, practices, and work; never had time to really settle down and seek God. I believe request mean is to ask God in very correct way of what He want us to do. Ask God what He want us to do in our ministry our in our personal life first!
Mat 6:34 so never worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
If we continue to read to the end of the first and second verse, Lincoln suggests us to set our heart and mind also our hopes and dreams to Jesus! Clearly in Matt 6:34 saying that there is no use for us to worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. If we worry about tomorrow, can we fix it? My entire life, I involve in many events. From school events, church, state and national level; we’d been practicing hard but still mistake will happen and we need to cover up the mistake and continue the show. Or the best thing is, after practicing so hard our show or performance better than our practicing that we never expect!
(Pre cho)
I’m reaching my hand to Yours
Believing there’s so much more
Knowing that all You have in store for me is good…is good…
Php 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider myself to have embraced it. But this one thing I do: Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
When we reach up our hand to someone, our focus or our eyes is to the person. In body language lesson eye contact can determine whether we are truly honest or not. That happens when we reach out our hand to Him. Our focus is to Him, and our trust is in Him. That’s why Paul gives testimony to Philippians, to forget what lies behind and straining forward to what is ahead of us!
Col 3:2 Keep your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth.
That’s why Paul wrote to Colossians also to keep our mind on things above. Believing and knowing that God has stored something better for us. When we said we are reaching to God, don’t look back and look or keep our mind to thing which is above! This could help us to not worry about things that happen to us.
Joh 14:2 There are many rooms in my Father's house. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going away to prepare a place for you?
In john Jesus said to us He is preparing a house for us. That is His promise! He is preparing something for us. I believe this is not only heavenly house in New Jerusalem, but preparing a better future for us and better plan for us. So reach out our hand to Him, look and focus to Him!!
(Cho)
Today is the day You have made
I will rejoice and be glad in it (2X)
I won’t worry about tomorrow
And trusting in what You say
Today is the day
Psa 118:24 this is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
We all know that what ever happen yesterday is a history, today is a life we living, and tomorrow is a mystery for we don’t know what will happen next, a minute later or few hours later. Lincoln again telling us to rejoice and be glad today just likes the psalmist suggests us in his book.
We will surely be happy and enjoy our life in Christ if we
- Leaving our past behind
- Do not worry but putting our trust in Him
- Reaching our hand and focus to Him
- Enjoy today’s life by do good to other while we have the opportunity!
That’s why in this song we read about, “Knowing that all You have in store for me is good”, “And trusting in what You say” because God don’t want us to worry!! He wants us to trust Him!! If we worry and don’t trust Him in everything we do, it’s a sin!! Trust God in everything we do.
When I’m down, I look for my close one and few advice for me. Kill myself and learn to lean and trust Him. How to kill?
2Co 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things have disappeared, and-look!-all things have become new!
Killing means to leave our old life behind. If we still not trust Him, isn’t it me and we still not trusting Him and we just like unbelievers? A true disciple ways is to trust their master. God said, my sheep will know and recognize my voice when I call them. We should know our master or our God voice. When we live in Him, in 1 & 2 Cor until Col speak about to leave our lust and our own desire behind. Even though we live in this world and in humanly body, but our spirit is new. Rom 12:2 says be transform not according to this world but by renewing of our mind.
Finally, Php 4:13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
If you continue to listen to this song, you will know why I like this song and don’t forget to listen clearly to the lyric too.
GBU all!!
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