![]() “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow it empties today of its strength.” I share some more thoughts on worry, and three ways we can deal with it positively, in this article.“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” It is wonderfully easy to live just for the day. ![]() The Lord’s prayer says, “Give us today our daily bread.” …A person does not fall so much because of the troubles of one day, but if tomorrow’s burden is added, this load can become very, very heavy. Yes, living for the moment, that’s what you need. When the year was up, he had ticked thirty-three million times without realizing it. Off I go.” And he began to bravely tick each moment, without paying attention to the months and the millions of ticks. “Oh, if that’s all,” the new clock cried, “then that’s easy enough. At each moment you only need to tick once. “Why do you listen to such talk? That’s not how things are. “Thirty-three million ticks?” said the startled clock, “but I could never do that!” He immediately stopped in desperation. ![]() You are bravely ticking now, but you’ll be very tired once you’ve ticked thirty-three million times.” “So,” said one of the old clocks to the newcomer, “you’ve just started this task. A small clock, which had just been finished by its maker, was put on a shelf in his shop between two old clocks that were busily and loudly ticking away the seconds. ![]() I once heard a nice story, a kind of legend. It does not enable us to avoid evil, but it makes us incapable of dealing with it when it comes.” Worrying does not take away tomorrow’s grief it takes away today’s strength. In one hand they hold a bag with the disordered past, in the other bag, the feared future. I read somewhere, “Why don’t we look for something that is easier than anxiety? Worried people are like tightrope walkers, trying to walk over a rope from the past to the future, balancing between hope and fear. Live for today! The sun will shine on the problems that tomorrow brings. The Holy Spirit does not give you a clear blueprint for your life, but He leads you from moment to moment. It depletes the energy that you need to live today. Nowhere that is worth the trouble because tension ruins things. We become concerned about the future-our financial concerns, our health. Time is necessary for making wise plans, but carrying them out belongs to only one day-today. On the calendar, there is only one day for action, and that is today. I realized that worrying is carrying tomorrow’s burden with today’s strength. One part belonged to the following day, one part to the next week. Then I saw that everything about my burden was borrowed. Once, I had a burden that weighed heavily on me. What she had to say about worry and God’s provision is wonderfully applicable today: Todd also quotes from Corrie ten Boom, who said, “Worry doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrows, it empties today of its strength.” A friend recently shared the following from Corrie, taken from the book Reflections of God’s Glory, which is a collection of her transcribed radio broadcasts. …In times of crisis, the world needs steady people who are strengthened by God’s grace and selfless by God’s power. ” May it never be said that God’s people are governed more by fear than faith. Solomon reminds us, ‘If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small’ (Prov. Trillia Newbell, who I really appreciate, shares these thoughts on choosing faith over fear in the midst of concerns over the coronavirus.Īlso, don’t miss this great article by Pastor Todd Wagner answering the question, “Should Christians Be Anxious About the Coronavirus?” He writes, “Worry is not our friend, and panic is not our way. And we can through online networks guide and comfort our friends and loved ones with the Gospel, reminding them that our lives are not in our own hands, and to entrust their lives to God who is faithful and true.” May the example of these Chinese believers inspire and encourage those of us in the West.įor more perspectives from those in the U.S., check out this excellent episode of Ask Pastor John. One Chinese pastor wrote, “We are to seek peace for this city, seek peace for those who are afflicted with this illness, seek peace for the medical personnel struggling on the front lines, seek peace for every government official at every level, seek peace for all the people of Wuhan. Our brothers and sisters in China have been wrestling with the answer to that question for the last two months. As followers of Jesus, what should our response be? As coronavirus cases continue to crop up across the U.S., many people are struggling with fear over the future.
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