Don’t worry about tomorrow
I had a hard time living in the present, Thinker? By nature, I constantly prepare for the future or analyze the past. I’ve discovered from experience that this has consequences. When we are constantly distracted by the present moment, we become sick, unhappy, unproductive, and unable to listen to God.
- When we often live in “another place.
- ” we exhaust the mind and body.
- We get tired of doing nothing and wonder why we don’t have the energy for daily tasks.
- In addition.
- Being exhausted and stressed makes us vulnerable to disease.
- Which only increases anxiety and strengthens the vicious cycle.
When we are not quite in the present, we can also easily stop listening to God. We can ask for his address, but if we think too much about what awaits us, our minds become clouded and our ears close. us even what he wants to reveal to us today.
As Christians, we are used to hearing that Jesus is our greatest teacher, we seek his counsel to escape sin, live in love and have faith, but we often forget to take into account the fact that Jesus is one of the best teachers for something. something else: living in the present.
God controls time, regulates all purposes under heaven?(Ec 3. 1). For example, even if the Pharisees despised Jesus, “Did no one put their hand up, for their time had not yet come?”(John 7. 30).
For God, it doesn’t matter what happens. It is also relevant when they happen, that is, God gives us only one mission at a time, He wants us to devote ourselves fully to the task entrusted to us today, it is not for us to divide our attention between today and tomorrow.
Knowing that it would not be easy for us to rest mentally in the present, Jesus said to us, “Don’t worry about tomorrow?”(Matthew 6. 34).
Although we can say, “Well, is it easy for him to say that?” let’s consider his situation for a moment. Jesus was the Son of God, but he was also “totally human,” being challenged by the same temptations as us (Hebrews 4:15). And, humanly speaking, Jesus had much to worry about.
Jesus knew that he was about to be sentenced to death and, to make matters worse, he knew the kind of appalling and dreadful death he would suffer. Jesus was aware of the physical torture he would suffer, the emotional betrayal of his friends, and the inconceivable separation of his Father. This terrifying thought would haunt every human being who realized it. Jesus showed deep anxiety about this a few hours before his arrest (to the point of sweating blood, Luke 22:44), but did He react to this event that day?When the time came.
We do not know if Jesus had moments of fear weeks or days before his death, but if so, did He quickly put them before God and chose peace?And the present moment, instead of dread.
The idea of Jesus filling himself with joy a few days before the crucifixion leaves me perplexed; if he were in his place, he would be (let’s be honest) paralyzed by fear of what was going to happen.
Jesus had incredible peace
Jesus is there to help us live the present.
And Jesus offers us this peace.
Jesus said, “Do I give you my peace? (John 14:27). Notice his choice of words: I give you my peace. It is not just any sense of rest that is given to us; it is his. This peace belongs to him. ” to the only Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9,6), a deep, sure and unbreakable peace that brought Jesus to life in peace and in the present, every hour he had. God offers us his peace.
Many of us forget that we have received the greatest peace that exists. Some of us who know this may be frustrated because we cannot appropriate that peace. Like many other blessings your Spirit gives us, we must learn to open ourselves. We have to close the loudest areas of ourselves and grow there (albeit awkwardly). First, we must remember what was given to us. Pondering this promise of peace makes it more and more present in our lives.
Jesus knew how to live fully every day. I was able to count every hour. Even when he was nervous in God, he was completely present and this would invigorate him as he was supposed to be. Let’s follow his example. If He could choose peace with all that would happen to him, and if His Spirit lives in us, then we can do the same.