Dr. John H. Skilton
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
Bible Reading
Matthew 6:25-34:Devotional
This is Monday. We face the duties, the privileges, the problems, perhaps even the serious troubles, of another day. But we may be thinking not simply about Monday and the challenges that it brings. We may already be disturbed because of trials that we expect or fear on Tuesday, Wednesday, or other days this week. Some of the troubles we fear may never actually occur; some of them may be much easier than we expected: but today they all nevertheless may seem real enough and threatening enough. In fact, we at times may become so disturbed and weakened by anxious thoughts about the future that we are unable to meet the problems of the present with our full strength.
We should, of course, take prudent thought for the morrow and make reasonable and conscientious preparation for it. But we are not to be anxious about it. We are not to ruin the present day or lessen our ability to cope with its problems by worrying about what may or may not happen on the coming days. Our lives, our days, our future, are in the hands of our powerful and loving Father in heaven. The grace of our Lord is sufficient for each day as it comes. We must learn to live one day at a time as unto Him. Yes, this is Monday. In the strength that God gives us now, let us strive to glorify Him every moment of this day.
Welcome to "Think on These Things," a twelve-week daily devotional prepared by the late Dr. John H. Skilton, an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and for many years Chairman of the New Testament Department at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia.
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