This is the Day
Reviewed by BT • 2026-4-16
This is the Day
This is the Day
What This Song Teaches Us About God
The phrase “this is the day the Lord has made” is not just a cheerful thought to start the morning; it is also a theological statement about who is in charge of time. God made this day. He holds it. He has purposes in it. The gladness and rejoicing the song calls for is not forced positivity but a choice to orient our hearts toward what is true about God, even when circumstances are hard.
When a church sings this on a Sunday, there is an added layer: Sunday is the day Jesus rose from the dead, and the day Christians have gathered for worship since the earliest days of the church. We are not just attending a meeting — we are marking the day death was defeated, every single week.
Scripture Connections
- Psalm 118:24 — “This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it” — the direct source of the song’s central line, originally a celebration of God’s saving acts.
- Lamentations 3:22-23 — God’s mercies are new every morning, and His faithfulness is great — each day brings a fresh supply of His steadfast love.
- James 4:13-15 — Our days belong to God; we do not know what tomorrow holds, but He does, and recognizing that frees us to trust Him with today.