Notes of Faith February 7, 2026
Pastor’s Pen Pulpit
October 8, 2000
“EACH DAY” - Psalm 27
Did you wake this morning wondering what today will bring? Each day we face we are somewhat ignorant as to what will unfold for us. In Matthew 6:34b we read “Sufficient for the day is its own trouble!” It’s scary to face each day not knowing what is going to happen - yet knowing that there is a lot of unpleasant stuff we’ve got to look at eyeball to eyeball.
So each of us woke this morning knowing that there will be a certain amount of stuff that we’ve got to confront. Some of what makes up that “stuff” will be trouble, frustration, loneliness, boredom, a certain amount of uneasiness, hostility perhaps, pain, anticipating more pain!. Sometimes we feel like we just can’t go on.
But wait.....Each day we wake up with the stuff that fills our day....we also wake up with the good things of life. Hasn’t Christ promised, “As thy days so shall thy strength be?”
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; whom shall I dread?
When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, my adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
Though a host encamp against me, my heart will not fear; though war arise against me, in spite of this I shall be confident.
One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to meditate in His temple.
For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; in the secret place of His tent he will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.
And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me; and I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD. Psalm 27
1. What the LORD is to me
• My light • My salvation • My defense
2. What the LORD will do for me
• He will show me the beauty of His person - in the midst of the ugliness of life
• He will conceal me & hide me from the dangers that threaten me
• He will lift me up - when I am despondent & feel unused and unwanted
3. What changes will take place in me?
• Confidence will replace fear & panic - vs. 1-3
• I will gain a fresh view of the Lord - v.4
• Joy & praise will replace grumbling and complaining
Eva and I begin each day with singing the little chorus, “This is the day the Lord hath made! We WILL rejoice and be glad in it!” Oh, how that helps us face the day. Try it! You’ll like it!
Love to you all,
Pastor Charles Covington
Worry, suffering, pain, fear, even thinking that we have reason to grumble and complain is due to sin. Not our sin (yes, everyone sins) but that sin exists. All of creation is affected by sin. Before sin the world was perfect and hallelujah, the Lord is going to make all things new and there will be no sin once more. And we will be without sin for all eternity. Our days should be a celebration, a rehearsal of when this will take place. God provides for us each day as He has planned them before the foundation of the world. He has also planned for those that believe and obey Him, that they be with Him forever! As we look forward to the coming transformation of 1 Corinthians 15, where we are made fit for heavenly living, let us pursue holy and pure living now for the glory of God. May we be used as others look at us, to see Jesus, and desire the free gift that we have been given. May we always be ready to share the true and eternal hope that is within us by the grace of God the Father, through the work of His Son, Jesus, in the power of the Holy Spirit!
Pastor Dale