One Day At A Time
Humans are strange creatures. We are probably the only ones except the lowly ants that worry about tomorrow. I have met so many people that live in the tomorrow which will never come for if it did it would actually be today. We live in the now. Just as Christ said "today is the day of salvation". I can't put it off for tomorrow for in a real sense tomorrow never comes. We must live in and for the now. It is in the now that I can help someone, it is in the now that I can make a good choice, and it is in the now that I will have to experience the consequences of those choices.
It is wise to plan for tomorrow in all that we do. We have to save now for tomorrow for if we do not we will have nothing for today. We store up all of our good works in the now and we must make decisions based on the now for we will be forced to live though those choices when tomorrow becomes today. This focus on tomorrow has it limits. When we procrastinate and put off our plans for the future, it is likely that we will never see a today with those plans completed.
The ants are wise because they work in the now to store up what they will need for tomorrow's work. It behooves us to do the same. We will answer for our yesterdays in the now. The only way we can change the future is the live in the now making wise choices and realizing that this is the only opportunity we have to get it right.
We should never put all of our trust in people. People like us often make mistakes and make promises that at the moment they meant but when they walk away they quickly forget. My Dad carried a note in his wallet to remind him of what was important. He said if you make a promise, you had better keep it even if it maybe hard to do so. Dad came from the old school where your word meant something. He brought up all of us to think in the same way. So do not be hasty in offering to do this or that. You do not know what will be going on tomorrow for we only have today in which to work.
The book of James talks a great deal about people making plans. He tells us if we say we will do this are that, we had better be sure that that is what God will's us to do. For we have no guarantee that we will even be here tomorrow. God has a plan for His children. We make a mistake when we don't include Him in every moment of today. He expects us to achieve that plan. It is in place. We must be submissive to the call today, one day at a time. That is all that matters and He is all that matters! And that my friend is the real truth!
It is wise to plan for tomorrow in all that we do. We have to save now for tomorrow for if we do not we will have nothing for today. We store up all of our good works in the now and we must make decisions based on the now for we will be forced to live though those choices when tomorrow becomes today. This focus on tomorrow has it limits. When we procrastinate and put off our plans for the future, it is likely that we will never see a today with those plans completed.
The ants are wise because they work in the now to store up what they will need for tomorrow's work. It behooves us to do the same. We will answer for our yesterdays in the now. The only way we can change the future is the live in the now making wise choices and realizing that this is the only opportunity we have to get it right.
We should never put all of our trust in people. People like us often make mistakes and make promises that at the moment they meant but when they walk away they quickly forget. My Dad carried a note in his wallet to remind him of what was important. He said if you make a promise, you had better keep it even if it maybe hard to do so. Dad came from the old school where your word meant something. He brought up all of us to think in the same way. So do not be hasty in offering to do this or that. You do not know what will be going on tomorrow for we only have today in which to work.
The book of James talks a great deal about people making plans. He tells us if we say we will do this are that, we had better be sure that that is what God will's us to do. For we have no guarantee that we will even be here tomorrow. God has a plan for His children. We make a mistake when we don't include Him in every moment of today. He expects us to achieve that plan. It is in place. We must be submissive to the call today, one day at a time. That is all that matters and He is all that matters! And that my friend is the real truth!
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