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*ONE DAY AT A TIME*



Text:Matthew 6:34

 "So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today.

 *To know how to live a thousand years, is to learn how to live one day at a time.* 

Jesus warned in Mathew 6:31 that you should take no thought about what to eat, drink, or what you shall wear. As He was bringing this thought to an end, He further warned that you shouldn't worry about tomorrow. He gave two reasons why you shouldn't worry about tomorrow. We shall be looking at these reasons shortly.

First and foremost, it is important to clarify that planning about tomorrow in God's name is not the same as worrying about tomorrow. So Jesus' instruction is that you shouldn't worry about tomorrow, but not that you shouldn't plan about tomorrow. 

In James 4:13-15, James drew the believers  attention to a proper approach on how to plan about tomorrow. He wrote thus: "Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit"; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead, you ought to say, " If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that."

Jesus said that you shouldn't worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about its own things. You will agree with Jesus that there are things of tomorrow that you worry about today, but when you get into tomorrow, they are already resolved. 

You must learn to commit tomorrow to God in prayer and never to carry tomorrow's things and burden in your heart. God has not designed man to carry the burden of tomorrow while he's in today. 

The Lord would have you entrust tomorrow in His care.
That's why Apostle Peter wrote in 1 Peter 5:7 that you should cast all your care upon Jesus; for he cares for you.

 *Your cares and burdens are too heavy for you to carry. They are meant to be carried  by Jesus and Jesus alone. Hence, you must learn to surrender them to Him.* 

 Secondly, Jesus asked you not to worry about tomorrow because the trouble of each day is sufficient for that day. Although, Jesus doesn’t want you to carry the burden of today as well, but He's letting you understand why you  should never be worried about tomorrow. Each day is packed with its own challenges. And each day is packed with new mercy and help from the Lord as well.

 *When you are encumbered by the troubles of tomorrow, you  will miss out on the good things that today is bringing.* 

 *Bible  Reading :* 

Matthews 6:31-34.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1.) Father LORD, I submit all my cares and burdens unto you in the name of Jesus.


 

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