Little Single Days (Dealing With Anxiety As A Believer) – Devotion

Each Sunday, I try to post a devotional thought for you to meditate on. Sometimes it will be something out of my own studies and prayers. Other times – like today – it will be from another source.

Today, I am posting a great thought  from J.R. Miller about believers and anxiety, courtesy of Grace Gems:

(J.R. Miller, “Daily Bible Readings in the Life of Christ” 1890)

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own!” Matthew 6:34

One reason which our Lord gives against anxiety for the future, is that we have nothing to do with the future. God gives us life by days—little single days. Each day has . . .
its own duties,
its own needs,
its own trials and temptations,
its own griefs and sorrows.

God always gives us strength enough for the day. But if we insist on dragging in tomorrow’s cares and piling them on top of today’s cares–our strength will not be enough for the load. God will not give additional strength–just to humor our whims of worry and distrust.

So the lesson is, that we should keep each day distinct–and attend strictly to what it brings to us. Charles Kingsley says: “Do today’s duty, fight today’s temptation–and do not weaken and distract yourself by looking ahead to things which you cannot see, and could not understand if you saw them.” We really have nothing at all to do with the future–except to prepare for it, by doing the duties of today with fidelity.

No one was ever crushed by the burdens of one day. We can always get along with our heaviest load–until the sun goes down. Well, that is all we ever have to do. Tomorrow? Oh, you may have no tomorrow; you may be in Heaven. If you are here–God will be here too, and you will receive new strength sufficient for the new day.

“As your days–so shall your strength be!” Deuteronomy 33:25