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Text Sermons : J.R. Miller : May 15. One Day at a Time

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

This last reason 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 — as He gives it, with all that He puts into it. But if we insist on dragging back tomorrow's cares and piling them on top of today's — the strength will not be enough for the load. God will not give 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 us. Charles Kingsley says: "Do today's duty, fight today's temptation — and do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward 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 with fidelity the duties of today.

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.

One day at a time — but a single day,
Whatever its load, whatever its length;
And there's a bit of precious Scripture to say
That according to each, shall be our strength.






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