““So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today. Matthew 6:34 NLT It can be challenging to live in the present. For many of us, the performance of the past and the possibility of the future prohibit us from seeing the promise of the present. We often look for the common thread between what we have done, what we are doing and what we will do. We are conditioned to evaluate our future return when we havent considered our present investment. In our finite comprehension, we long for an infinite constant. Jesus is described as being the same yesterday, today and forever. (Heb 13:8 NLT). He transends all time. He has forgiven our past, He is fully in our present and He has already fulfilled our future. He is our perpetuality. Reliving The Past. We all wrestle with moments of past struggles and monuments of past successes. One causes hurtful regrets, while the other hollow rejoicing. The past is never really comprised of good ol days . . . they are just days. Sir Issac Walton penned an old hymn, O God Our Help In Ages Past. Jesus is able to see our past and cover it with His blood. Regrets have been redeemed, rightness has been restored. The psalmist illustrates this, as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. (Ps 103:12 ESV). His resurrection has released us from the eternal results of our past. Guilt is gone. Grace is given. Resting in The Present. Gods presence is with us, today. He tells us that He will never leave us or forsake us. (Heb 13:5 ESV) The hurt of what could have been and the hope of what could be must yield to the hour of what is. He has delivered us from the past and determined our future . . . now lets delight in the present. He wants each of us to see the miracles of the moment. He is waiting to see if we will wait on Him, today. Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord! (Ps 27:14 ESV) Reaching For The Future. Future plans must be framed properly. James reminds us of our fragile existence. Now listen, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money. Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that., (James 4:13-15 NIV) Paul understood that reaching forward to the future required a focus, . . . But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. (Phil 3:13-14 NIV) Our foward thinking always focuses on His call in our lives. Trust in Him. He has paid for your yesterday. He is present in your today. And, He has promised your tomorrow. He is our Redeemer, Restorer, Rebuilder and Rewarder.
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