We are so tired. Not because of what’s going on today, but because of what we’re still carrying from yesterday, and what we’re afraid might happen tomorrow.
Regret has a way of replaying yesterday’s scenes. Anxiety has a way of borrowing tomorrow’s trouble that hasn’t yet arrived. And somewhere in the middle, today gets overlooked.
Jesus speaks into the tension.
“So don’t be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious enough about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” — Matthew 6: 34 (CSB)
Jesus doesn’t say tomorrow doesn’t matter. He says it doesn’t belong to you yet. Yesterday Is Informative—Not Authoritative. Yesterday can inform you. It can teach you. It can warn you. But yesterday should never dictate your tomorrow. God never intended for your past to become your prison. Paul knew this. He commands us to forget what lies behind and to press on toward what lies ahead. Not because the past didn’t matter, but because it no longer has the last word.
Some of you are still punishing yourself for sins that God has already forgiven. Others of you are still re-living pain that God is trying to heal.
Grace does not erase our memory, but it breaks memory’s control over us.
If God has forgiven you, you no longer have the right to condemn yourself. If God has healed you, you no longer have to keep reopening the wound. Yesterday is a chapter—not the whole book.
Today Is Where Obedience Lives
Faith is always lived in the present tense. You cannot obey God yesterday. You cannot trust God tomorrow. You can only follow Him today.
Jesus called people to live by faith day by day: Daily bread, Daily dependence, Daily obedience. God gives us strength for today. Mercy for today. Grace for today. When we obsess over tomorrow, we miss today’s assignment. When we replay yesterday, we ignore the responsibility of today. Today is where God speaks to us. Today is where healing starts. Today is where obedience produces fruit. Tomorrow Belongs to God.
Worry is often just disguised as responsibility. But worry never leads to wisdom. Jesus doesn’t tell us to ignore tomorrow; He tells us to entrust it. Tomorrow has its own grace. Tomorrow has its own provision. Tomorrow has a God who is already there. You don’t have to figure tomorrow out today. You don’t have to carry what God hasn’t asked you to hold.
Faith rests in this: The same God who carried me yesterday and sustains me today is already standing in my tomorrow.
A Simpler Way to Live
Imagine living with this rhythm: Learn from yesterday, then release it. Obey God today, fully and faithfully. Trust God with tomorrow, completely and confidently. That’s not careless living. That’s Christ-centered living. Jesus wasn’t calling us to live recklessly. He was calling us to live focused.
A Prayer for Today Lord, help me release what’s behind me, to remain present where You’ve placed me, and to trust You with what’s ahead. Teach me to live today well—without dragging yesterday along, or racing into tomorrow. I place this day in Your hands. Amen.
Final Thought: Yesterday is over. Tomorrow isn’t promised. But today is a gift—and God is already here.
Thoughts from Pastor Toney 