Thoughts on Today’s Text
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was right: “The beginning of the day should not be oppressed with besetting concerns for the day’s work. At the threshold of the new day stands the Lord who made it. All the darkness of the night retreats before the clear light of Jesus Christ. All unrest, all impurity, all care and anxiety flee before him. Therefore at the beginning of the day, let the first thought and the first word belong to him to whom our whole life belongs.” The ultimate outcome of this day has already been long settled because of the day the Lord acted centuries ago and so this day can become a preview, a joyful glimpse of that great day when God will bring all things to their good end.