‘“That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? “And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith? “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.’ Matthew 6:25-34(NLT)
By Jared Smith
When you think about tomorrow, what comes to mind? If you are anything like me, the “to-do” list of tomorrow triggers a chain reaction of tasks to be completed. I think of the things that I would like to get done, and those others that need to get done.
As my day is set into motion, I feel the weight of the current task pressing into the next, as if skipping a step will make the chain of dominoes not fall perfectly into place. Worry can easily come in. Yet somehow the dominoes always fall, just maybe not exactly as I intended them to.
Looking back though, do you even remember what you were worried about six months ago? Life happens, we get through circumstances, and the worries around them dissipate. We don’t often think about the things we worried about in the past, only the worries of the future.
God’s faithfulness in our pasts should give us hope through our worries of the future.
Do we trust him with our tomorrows, really? My days seem to flow the best when I offer to God all the things that I would like to see happen and then acknowledge my need for him to handle them. He is good. I see his goodness as I look back at my yesterdays, and I want to trust him to show more of his goodness in my tomorrows.
Questions for Reflection:
· What are the tasks that concern you for tomorrow?
· Take a minute to write down some of the ways God has come through for you in the past. How could remembering God’s faithfulness in your past help guide your approach for tomorrow?
from Scared Of The Unknown