Focus on the day at hand; Not the day that has yet to happen. Rest assured, God is in both!

By: Misty Strieff Prine

“THE KEY IS THIS. Meet today’s problems with today’s strength. Don’t start tackling tomorrow’s problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow’s strength yet. You simply have enough for today.” – Unknown.

                Wow! I’ve never thought of it this way but what an amazing way to look at it. We’ve all heard of taking one day at a time because, not only do we not know what tomorrow holds yet, but not one of us are promised it. Here, it reminds us to meet today’s problems with TODAY’s strength. Why? Because we haven’t gotten tomorrow’s strength yet. That is so profound to me! But, oh, how true it is! We haven’t received our strength for tomorrow because God hasn’t given it to us yet because HE is the one that grants us tomorrow if He wills for us to see it.

So that’s why it’s so important for us to remember at the peak of a high anxiety situation that we need to focus on making it through that day, not worrying about the next day yet. Why? Because the current day clearly has enough trouble of its own. God’s word tells clearly in Matthew 6:34, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” This is one of my favorite verses of all time. It reminds me to slow down, breathe and not worry about things that are yet to come because those are the “uncontrollables” in life. God is already in the tomorrows but today is what we are facing in the moment. It may be stressing us out, but God is right there beside us, holding our hand through it. He knew that each day was going to have its fair share of troubles, and we were going to need HIS strength to get through it. That’s why in HIS word; He told us to not factor tomorrow’s worries into it. They didn’t need to be added to the tally yet. Remember, God is our refuge and our strength each day. Focus on the day at hand, not the day that’s not even here yet.