Enough Trouble

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Jesus said some wise things, didn’t he!?  Every day has enough trouble – so true! 

The last part of this section of scripture sums up what Jesus has been saying before now.  Seek Him first and the things you worry about will be given to you.  But we have it all backwards.  We worry and fret over the things we need and want, and then if we get them…we seek His kingdom. 

The key to rest, as I’m learning daily, is to not worry about tomorrow.  Live one day at a time.  “Give us this day our daily bread.”  But how in the heck do we do that, when we’ve got a mind that thinks about yesterday and wonders what tomorrow will be like?

If we are instructed to do it, there must be a way.  And it has to be the One who lives in us that helps us along.  Another verse says “Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.” 

The world lives for tomorrow…making investments, taking meds to enhance and prolong life, building bigger and better houses, and acquiring more and more stuff.  But all of that brings with it the worry of sustaining it.

I know that I cannot live for today, without HIS strength – living in me.  That’s the only way.  And even though I’m tempted daily to fret about tomorrow, the One who is Greater comes to the rescue and reminds me to seek His kingdom and His righteousness today.