Am
I Taking One Day At a Time?
“Therefore
do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient
for the day is its own trouble.
Matthew
6:34
Stories behind 50
Southern Gospel Favorites
by Lindsay Terry is a beautiful book which brings out the history of many well-known
songs, thereby, making it more meaningful. A highly successful country
songwriter by the name of Marijohn Wilkin drifted away from her faith after
finding success. At a time of crisis and personal desperation, as the story
goes, she stopped at a church for some counselling and prayer. The young Priest
who was on duty had apparently asked her during the conversation, whether she
had ever considered being thankful to God for her problem. As she went home and
pondered over that statement, she began to play her piano and the words of a
song came to her. Needing some help to complete the lyrics that she had written
down, she approached is Kristofferson (of Why Me Lord fame) who helped her with
some of the remaining words. The completed song goes like this.
I’m
only human, I’m just a woman
Help
me believe in what I could be, and all that I am
Show
me the stairway, I have to climb
Lord
for my sake, teach me to take, one day at a time.
(One
day at a time sweet Jesus, that’s all I’m asking from you)
No
one is assured of a tomorrow because God holds the times and seasons in His
hand. Not only can’t we control tomorrow but we do not know what may happen
today. Charles Spurgeon in his devotional Morning and Evening Daily Devotional
says that there are two possible ways people could wake up in the morning. One
group cheerfully says, “Good morning, Lord,” while the other says, “Good Lord,
its morning!”
When
we look in the scriptures we find that God always identifies Himself in the
present tense as “I am”. He is therefore a God of the present. He is a God of
today. It can be noted that Jesus further endorsed that thought with
many declarations of “I am”.
In
this verse Jesus tells us that we are not be worried at all. We have looked in
the last devotions that dealt with the passage above this verse that if our
concept of God is right and if we see Him as the owner, controller and provider
then we have nothing to worry.
If
we worry or are anxious then it means that we are mastered by our circumstances
and not the truth of God. Worry misunderstands our position as a child of God.
Are
the worries of tomorrow affecting our relationship with God today?
Let
us pray – Dear Lord, help us to place each day in your hands and live out with
full confidence and assurance that we have a God who takes care of our today.
Amen.
Thanks :)
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