One Day At A Time

 Last night, I found myself tossing and turning in bed, hardly sleeping at all. For those of you who know me, I have bouts of insomnia, but this was worse than usual. My mind races with a million things, leaping from one to the other like a Frog on crack. Part of the problem is that as a watchman, I know too much about the evil going on in the world. The other part is that my personality tends to want to control things in my environment and life and plan things out for the future. This is due to my chaotic past where my mother had 8 husbands and we moved 25 times before I turned 18. Yes, she was a gypsy!  Anyway, last night as I lay there, thinking of everything that could be coming and trying to plan for it, I distinctly heard the Lord say. "One day at a time". 

When I hear from the Lord, I can normally tell right away because it's short, to the point, and brings immediate peace. One day at a time. In other words, stop worrying about the future or even planning every detail of "what if" and just take it one day at a time. 

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:34

How easy it is for those of us who have a proclivity toward worry to forget! So, I said, "Yes, Lord. You're right."  and as I pondered those words and tried to clear my mind, I also sensed rather then heard the following:

If you could see into the future, you would never worry again. 

Wow. That really struck me. If I could transport myself to the moment I meet Jesus in Heaven and then look back at all the days between now and then, I would see that everything I ever worried about turned out perfect and that even through the struggles, the Lord was with me and was working everything out for my good and His glory! 

I mean, we know that, right? We know the Scriptures that tell us "All things work together for good to those who love God and are called"  and the Scriptures that promise us He will never leave us or forsake us and that if we seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness that ALL things will be given us. We know that He who keeps us neither slumbers or sleeps and He will not allow our foot to slip. We know that if we ask anything according to His will, He will do it. 

But do we truly believe it? I mean really have faith. Because if we could transport ourselves into the future and could see everything Jesus sees already, He said we would never worry again. In other words, it's already done! It is finished. He knows every place we will set our foot, every trial, every heartache, every disease, every joy, every accomplishment, every need and He's already provided for it. 

This is the love of God, which none of us can possibly fathom. But it's real, more real than anything. So when I start to worry about things, I'm going to transport myself in my mind far into the future and see that everything worked out far better than I could ever have dreamed.

I wanted to share that with you today to encourage you to trust the One who died for you and who would have gone through all that suffering and pain JUST for you. Do you think He doesn't have you safely in the palm of His hand? 

Your future looks bright!