Do not worry about tomorrow for will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34
This Scripture reminded me about a song I know (and I know most of you know it)…
♫ ♪ ♫ One day at a time, sweet Jesus
That’s all I am asking from You
Help me today to do everything that I might do
Yesterday is gone, sweet Jesus; and tomorrow may never be mine
So, for my sake, teach me today, one day at a time ♫ ♪ ♫
This is very encouraging. As God knows everything we need and so we need to know that He won’t deprive us. And the Word says “And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life?” (verse 27). So this shows we need not worry. Fear makes us worry whilst faith makes us believe and trust God even the more for His provisions.
Look at verses 28-32…. God is just showing us that in His splendor and majesty He provides all things. All we need to do is trust Him for the provisions. Remember, without faith we cannot please Him (Hebrews 11:6). Only having faith in the Lord will be a guarantee for our provision.
Look also at the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13):
Our Father Who art in Heaven
Hallowed be Thy name
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it it in heaven
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil
So it is an issue of daily provision. And daily provision can come through our daily prayers and through our daily faith and belief. Without that don’t expect anything.
I am encouraged always by the Word of God through our devotionals this month of January; everyone is writing and emphasizing that we need to have faith in the Lord. I therefore also write this devotion reminding us, sisters in Christ, without faith we cannot please God. All those challenges in our lives can come to an end as long as we have faith. Mark 11:24 says “…whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.” It is a matter of desiring and applying faith to the Word.
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Oh Lord, our Father and our God, we worship you! You are so great! Blessed be Your holy name in all the earth. You are our Father and our King. We praise You. We thank You, Father, for Your faithfulness in our lives. You have always stood with us when we pray guarding Your word in Jeremiah 33:3 that you shall show us great and might things. Be blessed for Your Word is true and it shall accomplish what it came for. Thank You for You gave us all the measure of faith that we need to grow as we hear Your Word daily. We give You all the praise and honor in Jesus’ name I pray, AMEN!
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Yes, Ann, thank you for reminding me (us) to take one day at a time. Just as we, as loving parents, want our children to trust us (have faith in us) to take care of them, so God, our Father, wants us to trust Him for our daily provision (spirit, soul, and body.)
I’m praying your prayer this morning as I start my day.
oh, i love that little song, ann…i was just singing it the other day! thank you for the reminder, too, that “…without faith we cannot please God.”
hebrews 11:1, 6
“now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].
but without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. for whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out].”
Thank you, Ann, for the encouragement and reminder to TRUST daily. The account of God’s daily provision of manna always drove home to me the need to TRUST in that daily provision in my life. I cling to Matthew 6:34 because I am often tempted to gather my worries for the days ahead much the way the people of Israel were tempted to gather and store up the manna. Praying your prayer this morning.