I was reminded today of an observation I ran across somewhere—unfortunately, I have no idea where or whom to credit, and I know I won’t be able to put it as elegantly as the original—that has been very helpful to me. God promises to give us everything we need to face every trial he sends us. He does not promise to give us strength for possible future trials we conjure up in our own imagination. If we live in the present and face the trials he sends us as they come, he is with us; if we project ourselves into the future to worry and fret about all the things that might go wrong later, we go alone. And in truth, we don’t need to worry about the future, because God’s in control of it—and when it becomes the present, he will be enough for us then, too.
I may just print this out on some index cards to hand some of my friends when they start that future-fretting. 🙂
Excellent post! Thank you.
You're welcome, and thanks. Sorry for the belated response . . .
That’s really wow! And I think that is the very helpful post for those who worried about the future a lot and always thinks that what will happen tomorrow? Or never enjoy their present.