UNOPENED TOMORROWS

UNOPENED TOMORROWS

25 Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what will you put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

27 Which of you by worrying can add a cubit to his stature?

28 So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, they neither toil nor spin;

29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 Therefore do not worry, saying 'What shall we eat?' or 'Where shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

34 Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

(Matthew 6: 25-34)

We often wish we could see what lies around the corner in life. Then we could prepare for it, control it or avoid it.

A wise person has said, "Though we can't see around corners, God can." How much better and more reassuring it is!

Recently my 10 year old granddaughter Emily and I were boiling eggs for breakfast. As we stared into the boiling water and wondered how long will it take to get the eggs just right, Emily said, "Pity we can't open them up to see how they're doing." I agreed. But that would have spoiled them, so we had to rely on guesswork, woth no guarentee of results.

We began talking about other things we would like to see but can't - like tomorrow. Too bad we can't crack tomorrow open, we said, to see if it's the way we would like it. But meddling with tomorrow before its time, like opening a partly cooked egg, would spoil both today and tomorrow.

Because Jesus has promised to care for us everyday - and that includes tomorrow- we can live by faith one day at a time. "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow , for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." ( Mt. 6:34)

Emily and I decided to leave tomorrow safely in God's hands. Have you??

Written by, Joanie Yoder for Our Daily Bread

Though I know not what awaits me,

What the future has in store,

Yet I know the Lord is faithful,

For I've proved Him oft before. - Anon

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Prayer should be our first response rather than our last resort.