Today Is All I Need

Matthew 6:34 “So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”

Oh, trouble's a ton, or a trouble's an ounce, Or a trouble is what you make it. And it isn't the fact that you're hurt that counts, But only how did you take it. A line from one of my favorite, Classic Poems “How Did You Die?”, by Edmund Vance Cooke.  Troubles are going to come and according to the above scripture they will come daily! Note: there are troubles waiting for you tomorrow!

Planning and strategizing for the future and events are good, it keeps the vision flowing. We do it all the time in the church, the momentum is always moving, seasons are always changing, and direction from the Spirit is always leading. However, at the cost of worrying how they will be accomplished is something different and uncalled for.  Of course it’s only “natural” (emphasis on the word natural) for us to want to worry and figure out every means and end to our strategies. We’re not only natural beings, we’re SPIRITUAL beings and the testing of our spirit lies within these troubles.

Working with people in the church and outside of the church is always a colorful experience of different personalities.  Anytime you find yourself having to deal with people you will learn that people are not all the same and every person deals with things differently.  That said, its amusing to see the responses of people under pressure and it's amusing to see myself under pressure at times.  To see them in the midst of all the hustle of planning things out and wondering how things are going to get done.  Will we have enough? Where will the money come from? Who’s going to oversee it? It’s no wonder why the word ‘worry’ starts with a ‘W’ because almost all the questions associated with it do too! Who? What? When? Where? Why? HoW?  With so many questions of self concerns containing this single letter God is waiting for us to trust in him so he can take these questions and turn that W into a statement … WoW! God loves to wow his people when they learn to trust in him.

Worrying about the things of the future is not in our control.  Sure continue to plan and strategize, but don’t worry about its results.  Whatever happens is going to happen and we can’t control the outcomes, but if we did all that we knew we could do with all that we had available to us, then it was a job well done.  Many always quote, "All things happen for a reason", but it's in the times of trouble and worries that we forget about that. However all things do happen for a reason and if something didn’t go the way you planned or strategized, then know that God will use what you did wholeheartedly for the sake of his glory! 

I can’t control tomorrow but I can make my choices for today.  Today is all I need!