Saturday, January 7, 2012

just live today!...

so what is the solution to our common mistake in looking into the future of presuming about tomorrow?  so what's the solution?  live one day at a time.

matthew 6.34 (niv) says, so don't be anxious about tomorrow.  GOD will take care of your tomorrow too.  live one day at a time.

live one day at a time, that’s how GOD says to face the future.  the future could be overwhelming but fortunately it comes in bite size pieces, a 24-hour segment of time.

plan for the future but you can only live now.  i can’t live in the future; i can only live today.  plan for the future but take advantage of the present.  life is what happens to us while we’re planning something else.  we’re always planning what’s going to happen in january and miss CHRISTmas. 

today is the good old days you’re going to talk about in 15 years.  enjoy now.  make the most of now.  don’t make the mistake of planning without GOD.  don’t make the mistake of presuming about tomorrow.  i don’t know if i’ve got next week, much less next year.  i shouldn’t just assume it.

spencer johnson, the man who wrote the book the one minute manager wrote another book called the perfect present.  in this book he said the perfect present is literally the prefect present.  the present time.  that’s all i have.  that’s all i have to give to this world.  not next hour or next month but right now.  that’s the gift that GOD has given to me so i ought to use it.  that’s all i have – the present.

just because the future is uncertain and unsure and brief doesn’t mean you get uptight and get paralyzed with panic and worry.  it’s the motivation to trust GOD more.  you put your trust in GOD – that’s how you face the future.  “i don’t know what the future holds, but i know who holds the future.”  that’s what counts.

david said in psalm 35.15 (niv), LORD my days are in YOUr hands.  commitment – that’s what james says.  don't make the mistake of planning without GOD and don’t make the mistake of presuming about tomorrow.  instead, include GOD in your planning and make the most of today.  live one day at a time.

just a thought from the front porch…

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