Most of us quote this verse on good days. We post it when the sun is shining and everything feels right. But here's what's interesting about Psalm 118:24 — it wasn't written on a good day. Psalm 118 is a psalm of deliverance written by someone who had been through something hard.
And out of that — out of the other side of something painful — they declared:
This is the day the Lord has made.
Not this is the easy day. Not this is the day everything went right.
This. Day. Whatever kind of day it is.
Made On Purpose
The word made here is significant. It means crafted, created, appointed.
God didn't just allow this day to happen. He made it. He appointed it. He specifically designed this 24 hours you are living in right now.
That means this day — with all its difficulty, uncertainty and imperfection — is not an accident. It's not a day God looked away from. It's a day He purposefully made and placed you inside of.
Which means there is something in this day that is part of His plan for you.
When I Learned to Accept What He Allowed
Our God is a purposeful God. I always say He is strategic about everything.
When I surrendered my life to God everything began to align the way it should have in my life. Not the way I wanted it to — but the way it should have. There's a difference.
There are things I wanted to go a certain way that didn't turn out like that. And over time I have learned to trust God and accept what He has allowed — and what He didn't allow — to take place in my life.
It has not always been easy to do. Some of those things I wanted very badly. Some of those closed doors hurt.
But I have come to realize it's the best thing — because He knows what's best for me far better than I know what's best for myself.
This day was made on purpose. And so was every day He allowed to unfold differently than I planned. All of it — purposeful. All of it — His.
This day was made on purpose. You are in it on purpose. And there is something in it worth rejoicing over — even if you have to look a little harder to find it today.
Rejoicing Doesn't Mean Pretending
I want to be clear about something — rejoicing in the day doesn't mean pretending the day is good when it isn't.
It means choosing to acknowledge the Maker of the day even when the day is hard. It means saying — God made this day and God is still God in this day — even when everything in you wants to write it off.
That's not toxic positivity. That's faith.
Faith looks at a hard day and says You are still Lord of this. Faith looks at an uncertain morning and says You made this day on purpose and I choose to trust You in it.
That choice — that daily deliberate act of rejoicing — is one of the most powerful things you can do for your mental and spiritual health.
Every Day Is Evidence
When you've been through real uncertainty — real loss, real fear, real unknowns — a new day stops being ordinary. It becomes evidence of God's faithfulness. It becomes proof that He hasn't finished with you yet.
This day was made on purpose. You are in it on purpose. And there is something in it worth rejoicing over — even if you have to look a little harder to find it today.
This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Lord thank You for this day. Not because it's easy — but because You made it. You appointed this 24 hours and placed me inside it on purpose. Help me find something worth rejoicing over today even if I have to look hard for it. You are still Lord of this day. And I choose to be glad in it.Amen.