“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:34

Every day has enough troubles in it without worrying and speculating about tomorrow.

It’s really good advice to consider. We all have a tendency to worry about upcoming things in our calendars, and in our lives.

It’s very easy to start ruminating over all kinds of things, and perhaps think the very worst that could happen.

Perhaps there’s a car payment or some other bill, that is looming on the horizon and you’re just not quite sure how it’s going to be paid.

Maybe a friend or loved one will have surgery in the coming weeks and you speculate about all the things that could possibly go wrong. And then it actually happens, and everything ends up all right, in spite of all the worry.

But worry can be debilitating; I know, because I have awakened many times in the night, speculating about something and wondering how it might turn out.

And then the next morning comes; the sun is pouring through the windows, and somehow everything seems better, or at least different.

Everything does seem to be different almost always, on the next day. The situation may well not be solved, but perhaps it’s seen in the light of a new day, and a greater perspective is seen somehow.

The day does seem to take care of itself doesn’t it? It begins with the regular routine of coffee, prayer, and the internet.

The events of the day unfold without our interference, and even our planning. I used to sometimes put things off that needed to be done, but over the years I’ve learned to get whatever needs to get done as soon as I can.

Then it’s out of the way, and I can focus on whatever else is coming along. Those things that we don’t do when we need to do them can gnaw at us and preoccupy us so much, that we can become debilitated.

It’s good to plan things out, but even over-planning can become a problem because then we may start to be so rigid that there’s no room for the unexpected.

But it really does seem to be true that we create more problems than we actually have. Perhaps it’s just human nature.

Our imaginations can get the best of us and we can somehow conjure up things simply based upon our fears and nothing else.

Worry can build upon worry and soon if we won’t stop and reexamine everything, we’re creating a prison unto ourselves.

But Hope and Faith can offset that.

Even when I begin to think of possibilities and something hopeful, then my entire mindset starts to change.

I tend to not really be the most positive person around; my wife would especially agree with this. But with every new thought; every new ray of sunshine; and every new hopeful belief, then my outlook changes.

Perhaps a lot of this is due to my prophetic outlook and understanding, but even so, the sky is always seen with both clouds and sunshine.

We are a mixture of both I’m sure. And so again, perhaps there really is enough to be concerned about “each day,” rather than all the other days ahead.

 

Selah,
~ Stephen Hanson

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Stephen Hanson of In His Truth Ministries came to The LORD is a special way in 1975 and has prophesied regularly since. In these end-time birthing pangs we are reminded that judgment must first begin with the household of God. Will we be prepared and ready?
Stephen is a full-time Artist of original architectural, landscape, portrait, still-life and spiritual oil paintings, available at StephenHansonArtist.com

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