“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
The sanctified life is a surrendered life. A
life completely resigned to the outcome of God’s will in your life. This
message is told and reinforced repeatedly in scripture. Brilliantly epitomized
by our Savior: “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.”
One major difference between a country mile and
a city mile is in the country you can see the whole mile in front of you. Your
way laid out before you unobstructed. In a dense city center, you cannot see
the whole mile. As you snake through the labyrinth of streets and alleys, the
mile is the same, but the total view is completely impossible. One must follow
directions turn by turn. Christ calls us to live this life a turn at a time. We
must trust God with the moment and recognize that we are not going to see the
whole plan. We must trust God for every outcome, even when you cannot see. Or
you have seen it and cannot understand it. Trust as Noah trusted building the
Ark before they knew what rain was. As Abraham trusted, leaving all that he
knew, going out into the unknown. As Gideon trusted, taking on an army of
thousands, with just three hundred (and without conventional weapons!). As Ezra
trusted, refusing the protection of the king, while he transported the king’s
own money hundreds of miles through highways and byways filled with robbers and
bandits. Testifying “For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of
soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had
spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good
that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.”
As Jerimiah trusted, preaching the word with faithfulness even though he met
with persecution and dwindling crowds. As Christ trusted, always doing
the will of the father even to the death of the cross. As the early Church
trusted, and countless saints through the ages. We are not in management, but
in labor. Walking in faith and obeying God no matter what. This is the life of
the Christian.
In first Peter chapter five the great Apostles
instructs us in holy scripture: “Casting all your care upon him; for he
careth for you.” What might seem like an oversimplification is
in fact a tremendous blessing when applied. We are commanded to offload all
that care and worry which the world brings, and the devil amplifies towards us;
centralizing our entire life around this one statement
“thy will be done;” refusing to evaluate the outcomes and pander for
validation. Whatever the calling, and whatever the cost we take up the
gospel of Christ believing. Taking no thought for the morrow, trusting
God with the outcome.
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