345. He Knows You're Going To Have Bad Days

Luke 17:1

Some days you’re just not feeling it. Some days, you may be tired, cranky, negative, apathetic or else just sad. There are times when you will wake up and go through your whole day knowing you probably should have just stayed in the bed. For folks who believe in Jesus, this is hard news to accept. We don’t like the sound of it. Christians sometimes talk as if the only acceptable way to be or feel or live is totally awesome all the time. We don’t leave space for even the occasional sin. We don’t give ourselves room for a bad day. We don’t make allowances for going through a slump. The interesting thing is that Jesus doesn’t seem as bothered by it as we are. He says sin is bound to happen. He says we should be ready to forgive our brothers and sisters even if they misbehave up to five hundred times. Psalm 103 says that He remembers we are dust and does not treat us as our sins deserve. The fact is, we are going to mess up. We are going to sin and fall and fail. Pretending you can and should make it through every single day soaring on the heights is unrealistic and unkind. Jesus knows you’re going to have bad days as well as good days and He’s ready to walk you through both of them. If you don’t give yourself the grace for an off day, you won’t be able to understand when other people need that same grace. Remember that you and all of your friends are dust. Jesus does, and He’s not in a hurry to move you back into the fast lane when you need a break.