The Gift Of Now

There are two days that you can't control, or so says Dr. Tony Evans.

7 days a week. 365 days in a year (366 in a leap). And there's only two days which are beyond your control right now.

Yesterday. And... Tomorrow.

And yet regardless of our age, status and position in this life, we continually find ourselves battling between two states of mind while we live in the gift that is called today. All too often we live today frustrated about what went wrong yesterday or freaking out about what could go wrong tomorrow.

Even sitting here now, thinking about what's next, I find myself wishing that this particular life skill of enjoying today and not worried about the before and after was one that I had mastered sooner in life.

Some matters are not that important, and it the moment is a short-lived, "ugh" moment. Others have long-lasting impact and even longer-lasting consequences and for those that directly impact eternity or can played through to an eternal perspective... those circumstances and the thoughts of them that consume and preoccupy our hearts and our minds can be debilitating.

We are adults... surrounded by kids, wishing we had done things differently as kids and hoping that tomorrow we will be better adults. While we try to teach them what to do, we continue to search for ourselves what we should do. And in light of our faith, what God would have us to do.

For our calling, our anointing, our gifting. For the plans and purposes He has ordained in advance for us that we should walk in them. But we don't and can't... when we try to control what is beyond us. The yesterday that has passed. The tomorrow that awaits. There is only today.

Pray this #youthPastorWednesday that God would work the miraculous in the lives of pastors who still have their moments and even days where the past frustrates them and the future overwhelms them. Pray God would grant to them strength and peace; as He work in them to cast all their cares on Him. May pastors hold ever so steadfast to the promises of God and what He has declared and spoken over their lives. Pray that God would intervene in lives where the need to be better stewards of the time He has given exists.

For indeed He does have a plan.
And God is at work in our lives
Through the power of the Holy Spirit.
May we live faithful to the calling He has placed upon us.
For His glory, as we live and learn in His grace
And His mercy that is new every morning.

- PNC