Tomorrow!

Tomorrow!

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:34 KJV

Take no thought: a conscious effort not to burden myself with the things I have no control over. Anxiety, worry and fear over the unknown has been built into the DNA of the fallen man. We steal and store up treasure for ourselves on earth, because we are uncertan about the challenges and demands that could come. We assume that bank account balances, political connections and influence will come through for us when the need arises. We forget that we are only given the NOW, not the next moment or LATER. No man alive, not even with the help of science and technology, can accurately predict the end of the hour, not to talk of tomorrow. Yet, we fret and scheme and plan, assuming that we can by sheer will or structure, prepare for the unknown tomorrow. 

Take no thought: it is a personal conscious decision, not one I can discuss as a group. It is a conference call, but the personal outflow of a heart that is settled internally, not one given to multiple worries and cares. And I note that my thoughts drive my actions. I may convince myself that I am not worried, yet my actions may reflect the opposite. I could deceive other men like myself, but when you deal with the Creator of the heart, you know that there is no deception that can succeed with Him. 

Tomorrow will worry about itself: each day has its concerns and events, and it will demand reactions and decisions from me. Each day that God appointed for me was already written down in His book before even one of them came to pass, so from God's perspective, there can be no suprises for me. I am the one who needs to get into God and find out what His plans for my days are. When I know them, the fear of tomorrow has lost its hold on me. When I know what God wants me to do NOW, the fear of what tomorrow holds no longer has a hold of my heart. I leave the worrying to tomorrow, the day that has not yet come. I leave tomorrow to worry about if it will come, what it will bring, and how it will end. For me, my heart is on the One who will bring me safely into tomorrow, and as long as I am in His will, there is nothing in that tomorrow that I need to fear. 

Each day has its own trouble: True, in every respect. We are in the NOW. All around us, trouble rages; storms rise; winds blow. There is a lot going on NOW, and the Lord has already indicated that these are the last days. Would it not be wise to live in the moment, careful about my decision NOW? Won't it be wise for me to appreciate each second God gives me, and not fret over things I have no control over? Won't it be wise to ask God to direct and keep me in the daily experiences I will have, and not fret over what tomorrow, a day I know nothing about, and cannot prepare adequately for? Lord, keep me in the NOW, let my heart seek you NOW, let every worry and anxiety in my heart over the unknown tomorrow be taken down, so I can enjoy all that you have made available for me. Help me set my pursuits and priorities right, so that I can BE who, where and what you made, fashioned, gifted and placed me to be in the NOW. His time of favour is here.