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How often do we forget to live in the present? The today? We seem to reach into the next day or beyond and try to grasp hold of the things that lie within it and pull it in toward us. That is impossible since we don't know what tomorrow holds. Why do we do that? Why do we want to push the fast forward button wishing that we could either push all the other buttons like Stop, Pause, Rewind besides the one that really needs to be pushed, which is the PLAY button!
We get to our tomorrow, which becomes our today...the day that we were so concerned and worried over yesterday and now it's not as much of a concern because now tomorrow holds a whole new load for us to try to carry so we've got to try to reach forward into tomorrow not living today and we're trying to forget about yesterday. Whew! That's exhausting! No wonder we're all wiped out at the end of the day. That's not the kind of life that God intended for us to have. He intended for us to have a complete, full and abundant life, which only He can give. He tells us in John 10:10 in the Amplified version that, "I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows)." Let me tell you something...God's Word is timeless. His Word is fitted to speak to us in the now from things of old. His Word is always FRESH! So, this is meant for you and me TODAY!
Today is the only day that we will have to live in it. If we try to carry things that lie ahead in our tomorrows while we are living in today, then we will stumble and fall because we create a load that is much too much for us to carry. Or sometimes we may try to duplicate today from yesterday picking up things that ought not be picked up by us! It was never meant for us to carry in the first place. God wants you to live in His Freedom. That means freedom from things like fear, guilt, worry, bitterness, and death. Surrendering to God these things that we try to carry either from our past or things we try to grasp out from our tomorrows will give us the freedom to live for today. We will have the freedom that Christ gives to be ourselves in our today.
To have Hope for tomorrow we need to trust and rest in God, allowing Him to take charge of each of our today's. Letting Him set the course before us directing our steps one at a time. I know this is challenging because sometimes life has us running around like race horses chomping at the bit ready to take off as if there were no tomorrow, but we cannot live our lives this way...chaotic and in circles. Instead, we need to be walking purposefully with God daily. He always has hold of you. Holding your hand. Never letting go, but if we are too busy clutching things that aren't meant for us to hold, then we're missing something pretty awesome...we're choosing things that can't do what a Mighty God can and will do and has done for us. Psalm 73:23 tells us very clearly what God does, "Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand." How awesome is that?!
God has promised to give us perfect peace. We know that He holds true to all of His promises. We can be experiencing anxiousness, worry, concern, fear, guilt or whatever other baggage we choose to carry but when we surrender it to Him we can be assured that we will find rest, comfort, joy and peace as He lightens our load. "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God." Philippians 4:6 nasb
"You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you." Isaiah 26:3
I would like to end with this verse from Psalm 16:11 nkjv,
"You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."
Let's keep our focus on His Presence in the present so that we can "Learn from yesterday; Live for today; Hope for tomorrow."
Take Care & Be Blessed,
Christy Krezman
