There are dozens of neckties in my closet, and many of them have a special meaning for one reason or another. But every time I wear the yellow one with blue Paris landmarks, it brings some special thoughts to mind. My little sister gave me that tie in 1998, when she returned from her senior class trip to Europe. What do you get for your brother who’s a preacher? A tie!
Therefore, for a number of reasons, that tie immediately became a special one—because of who gave it to me and where it came from. Then, after my sister died in 2001, all of a sudden that tie took on an even greater meaning to me. Every time I see the tie in my closet, I think of my sister. Every time I wear it, I am reminded of her. I would never, ever give it away or trade it to anyone. It has more value to me than to anyone else on earth, and more since she died.
What does this have to do with “the rest of us”? This is not an exact parallel, but consider the following.
When you look in your “closet of days” pertaining to any week, is there anything about the “Sunday” hanging in your “closet of days” that calls to mind something special? And, then, when it is that time for “Sunday” to come out of your “closet of days” and for you to “wear” that particular day for a period of 24 hours, are you flooded with joy, love and precious memories of what makes that day so unique?
Some ties are just “ordinary ties” that do not have a particular reason to stand out above the others. Some days are just “ordinary days” that do not have a particular reason to stand out above the others. But, SUNDAY is THE DAY that ought to be the one that we look forward to “wearing” every week. When it is not Sunday, we ought to be looking forward to it being Sunday. When it is Sunday, we ought to enjoy that day to its fullest heavenly potential.
And why is that? It is believed that when the apostle John recorded about events that transpired “on the Lord’s Day” (Rev. 1:10), that he was referring to Sunday. That being the case, Sunday ought to hold a special place for us because it is “the Lord’s Day”! Sunday is the day that Jesus Christ was “declared to be the Son of God with power…by the resurrection from the dead” (Rom. 1:4). That makes it extra special! Sunday is the day every week when we get to “remember” the Savior’s personal sacrifice on the cross and to humbly “discern His body” as we eat of the bread and drink of the cup (1 Cor. 11:23-29). What memories flood my soul on that day!
I could never trade that day away! I could never take it for granted! How could I ever let it lose one iota of its specialness to me? Sunday is coming! Are you ready to “wear” it?