God wants you to enjoy every single day we should enjoy getting up in the morning enjoy
going to work enjoy our family enjoy the outdoors enjoy every part of our day that's God's dream
but I know too many people that are just dragging through life they don't like their job they can't
stand the traffic they don't enjoy their spouse they're just going through the motions of life
getting up going to work coming home no joy no enthusiasm but friends it doesn't bring any glory
to God for us to drag around with a long face negative discouraged tired worn out we need to get
up every morning and say with David this is the day the Lord has made and I am going to enjoy it
we need to make that declaration right at the start of the day David was saying in effect I'm
not going to focus on what's wrong today I'm going to focus on what's right I'm not going to dwell on
what I don't have I'm going to thank God for what I do have you can enjoy every day of your life
if you want to badly enough trouble in life is inevitable bad chapters in life are inevitable bad
scenes in the story of your life are inevitable but misery is a choice misery is an option it's
your choice it's not mandatory it's not required and I want to encourage you misery and unhappiness
are not required misery and unhappiness are a choice and we can make the choice today to live
miserably through our life story or we can live with joy through our life story we can live in
misery or we can live in joy and we can be happy and it's a choice no one has the power to make
you unhappy no one has the power to control your life we only give people the power over our lives
by the choices we make to wait for them to make us happy or we can choose to be happy because God
is with us through our toughest times through our toughest trials and through our life story
you may have a problem today you may be facing difficulties but you've got to learn to turn that
situation over to God quit worrying about it he is in control and he's promised if you will keep your
trust in him no matter what comes against you he will turn it around and use it to your advantage
and some of you need to shake yourself out of that old negative defeated mentality quit dreading
going to work tomorrow quit being depressed because you haven't gotten married yet quit
getting all upset because your plans didn't work out focus on what you have not what you don't have
I heard somebody say give this day your very best because there may not be a tomorrow in other words
change your attitude put a smile on your face oh Joel that's easy for you you smile all the
time you're always happy now listen I get up each morning just like you and a lot of times I don't
feel like being in a good mood I don't feel like smiling when I get out of bed I make a choice I
say Joel you can either go through this day happy enjoy it with a positive outlook or you can go
around negative and sour focused on your problems and one thing I'm very good at is I choose to be
happy I choose at the very start to enjoy that day I had to really learn how to enjoy life on purpose
see if you experience a lot of guilt and condemnation you're not enjoying life
if you don't like yourself you're not enjoying life if you've got a guilty conscience all the
time you're not enjoying life so keep in mind I'm not talking about a party a vacation payday
a new outfit I'm talking about can you enjoy plain old ordinary Monday when you got to do
the laundry and go to the grocery store and clean up the mess from the weekend
can you get up on Tuesday then and do it again and on Wednesday and do it again I'm
talking about doing ordinary everyday life with a calm delight and a smile on your face because
you know who you belong to and you know that in the end of what's going to happen
yes so John 10:10 means a lot to me it says the thief comes only
in order to steal to kill and to destroy the thief is the devil
but Jesus said I came thank God what a royal interruption
don't you love that this is what the devil is doing but Jesus said hold it I came
I came that you might have and enjoy your life and
have it in abundance to the full until it overflows wait a minute
God in all of his holiness
says I want you to enjoy your life and I want you to enjoy it in abundance to the full until it's
running out of you you know why because then it's liable to get all over somebody else around you
if the devil cannot keep us sad and mad then he loses the battle
I said if the devil cannot keep us sad and mad he loses the battle the devil don't want your stuff
he wants your joy why because joy is strength the happier you are the stronger you are don't
let the enemy steal your joy if he can't get your joy he can't get your strength when you
have joy you are strong when you have joy you can fight the good fight of faith and some of
you today you need to draw the line in the sand and say enough is enough I choose to enjoy my life
while God is in the process of working things out and really that's the key you may be in a
difficult situation today in your marriage or your health your finances but don't make the
mistake of waiting for everything to get better before you decide to start enjoying your life
your attitude should be this is where God has me right now and I'm going to be happy in spite of
what's come against me stop waiting for your life to start so many times we are waiting
for something to happen before we are ready to live we're waiting to have the right job
before we start living we're waiting for the right spouse before we start living we're waiting to be
married before we start living we're waiting to be divorced before we start living we're waiting to
have our first child before we start living we're waiting to graduate from college or graduate from
an advanced degree before we start living but we have to stop we have to stop all that we have to
stop waiting to start living we have to start living now stop waiting for your life to start
stop waiting for your life to start stop waiting before you can start enjoying your life
or enjoying the scenes of life or enjoying the beauty that God has created around you you don't
have to wait till the end of the story to live happily ever after you can live happily ever now
you can live happily ever now beginning today it's a choice it's a choice remember trouble is
inevitable misery is a choice misery is a decision misery is an option and I'm opting out of misery
how about you we have to understand every day is a gift from God we're not always going to
be here the scripture says our lives are like a mist we're here for a moment and then we're gone
and every day that we live negative and discouraged and depressed that's a day that
we've wasted and we should live every day like it could be our last we should get up every morning
with a grateful attitude as I said instead of complaining about going to work be thankful that
you have a job instead of complaining about oh I got to clean up after these kids let's be thankful
that God has blessed us with our children let me put it to you this way how different
would you live this week if all of a sudden you discovered this was going to be your last week
how many times would you get upset and frustrated how long would you stay offended if you knew you
only had a week or two to live now I'm challenging you to make the most of this day live it like it
could be your last don't go around negative and discouraged don't go around with bitterness and
unforgiveness in your heart don't allow little things to steal your joy life is way too short
for that take time to enjoy this day God created us to enjoy life to enjoy the world in which we
live for instance if you look down through these verses you will discover all of these principles
of enjoying life first of all in verses 7 and 8 we are told to experience every day totally
he says truly the light is sweet and it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun
but if a man lives many years and rejoices in them all yet let him remember the days
of darkness for they will be many all that is coming is vanity what Solomon is saying is we
don't know how long we have to live so we should enjoy every day with everything that we have
here is the message and its paraphrase of these verses oh how sweet the light of day and how
wonderful to live in the sunshine even if you live a long time don't take a single day for
granted take delight in each light-filled hour remembering that there will be many dark days
and that most of what year comes your way is smoke Solomon is saying God wants you to enjoy every day
how wonderful it is to enjoy every day when I came back from cancer several years ago my
oncologist told me when you go back to San Diego Dr Jeremiah the sun's going to be brighter the sea
is going to be bluer the grass is going to be greener than it's ever been in your whole life
I did not understand what he meant until I came home and I realized how easy it is for
us to take for granted the beauty that God has created around us and the joy of waking up every
day to this beautiful world in which we live when you realize you do not have a lot of time
to enjoy life you figure out how to enjoy life and Solomon is saying don't wait until then
you know get up every day and look out in the world and what you live and say thank you Lord
for this new day thank you for light thank you for air to breathe experience every day totally
when you live in uncertainty that's how you live every day is a gift and you enjoy it life is too
short to go through it dreading things and not enjoying your family and being upset because you
didn't get your way no make the most of this day you can never get it back times may be
tough but don't use that as an excuse to live your life sour God is in control you need to
get up every morning and say with David this is the day the Lord has made I'm going to be happy
if you will stay full of joy you'll not only bring glory to God but you will feel
better you will be healthier and you'll live longer so I challenge you again enjoy every
day don't focus on the negative don't dread things choose to be happy I cannot think of
anything worse after all God's done for us than to go through life and not really enjoy it and
yet that's what so many people are doing today why don't you make a decision with
me that from now on you're going to enjoy everything you do from sun up to sundown
you're going to bring God glory by being happy and having a good attitude wherever you are