These are the "Days of Our Lives"

 As many would agree life is much "different" that the Lord intended. In fact, our view of it is greatly inverted. What we often deem "good" is "wickedness" in the Lord's Eyes. From the foundations of the Earth and the Universe, the Lord defined certain concepts and cycles of days and seasons. The first five verse of the Bible read as follows:

[Gen 1:1-5 KJV] 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Notice, the cycle of a full day, as the Lord defines it and as seen by the ancient Hebrew, starts at sunset, continues through the darkness of night, is subdivided by the subsequent morning light, and ends with the setting of that day's sun.

Interestingly enough, after the creation of light, the foundation of all physical matter, as modern physicists have discovered, this singular process, the alternating cycle of Night and Day was defined.

And, as many have taught, life has "seasons". These are seasons of joy and sorrow, triumph and defeat, prosperity and paucity. But, in all season, we as believers must be content. As the apostle Paul stated,

[Phl 4:11-13 KJV] 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content. 12  I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Yet, beyond the natural dynamic of the "season", we as believers also experience the "days of our lives".

In the passage from Genesis above, notice the natural progression of the cycle that God put in place. First, darkness reigns and then slowly light supersedes the darkness. And, generally, when God defined the first known "natural" cycle, he concomitantly structure the most fundamental of all "abstractions", process. A full day is a process.

And, all "processes" follow the pattern of a "full day". This is the Lord's Will.

Consider life's processes with their transitions of state, attending college, getting married, starting a "new" job. These can all be rather frightening and require a greater than average measure of faith. And, the all start in a state of "darkness" where we must face unknowns. As the Lord grows and matures us through these processes, we will eventually see the "light of day". At such a time, we can see clearly and walk boldly through our process. Yet, in the beginning, we are walking by faith and not by sight.

As the modern psalmist sings, "We must walk by faith and not by sight; we cannot see straight in the broad daylight!" As all believers know, more than one type of light and darkness exists. We can be in the midst of physical light; yet, we can be steeped in darkness, confused and unaware of what our next step in life should be. "These are the days of our lives".

Paul states in the New Testament,

[1Co 13:9-12 KJV] 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

And, you see that this passage describes a life transition. We start out as children with a limited understanding and approach life in a certain. As we grow and hopefully mature, we take on a new approach as we enter the light of adulthood. We navigate different in light than in darkness. "These are the days of our lives/"

We cannot escape this phenomenon that the Lord instituted at the foundations of this Earth. And, although we desperately grope for direction in darkness and sometimes make "foolish" and "unwise" moves in the daylight, the Lord is with us in our days and He was with the Earth on that first cycle of Dark and Light.

So, as the Lord intended, a full day does not start in the morning with the sunrise, when we can see our way clearly. This is a "midway" point in a process that starts in "utter" darkness, when we must solely depend upon Him. "These are the days of our lives".

Without burdening the reader with a long list of examples of the evidence of this "God-given" process in scripture, the author will simply let you read about it. You can see in the Joseph in his cistern experience, the Hebrew in their Exodus and journey in the wilderness, and the lives of all the men outlined in scripture.

Stay Wondrously and Marvelously Blest; May the Lord Guide You Through the Darkness of Your Life's Night with a Pillar of Fire and Light of Your Life's Day with a Pillar of Clouds Until You Reach That Land of Promise.