How to Use the Day to Achieve Your Objectives

God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

Genesis 1:5 (NKJV)

A day is the time appointed for light and darkness to rule. According to the Bible, a day cannot be concluded without the presence of both light and darkness. The Lord Jesus said that He must work while it is day, for the night comes when no man can work. So God designs it. This means that the day and night seasons of life have designated purposes, and a man who understands them will live a very successful life. In the Bible the day actually begins in the evening and runs into the morning, and not as the Gregorian reckoning would have us think. The evening and the morning are for productivity, not for sleep.

The Lord is systematic in how He does things, and in how He defines success in a day. In the Genesis account of creation, or recreation, we see how the Lord systematically redesigns the earth.

Interestingly, even though it is easily within His power, He does not do it all in one day; He spreads the work across six days. But notice that each day ends only once He has completed His objective. It was His goal that determined the extent of the day, and not the other way around. On some days He did more, and on others relatively less, but the goal, the agenda, determined what was to be done on a given day, and its fulfilment determined the end of that day and the beginning of a new one.

In our own lives we must be in charge of our days, and a definite, systematic plan helps us achieve that. The Lord is structured, and He is supremely successful. Structure, systems and objectives help us achieve success in any endeavour.

The Lord is good, and His mercy endures forever.