YESTERDAY AT BAY

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

^1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

Bumped into this little quote recently…

You messed up yesterday. But you’ll mess up more if you let yesterday’s mistakes sabotage today’s attitude. God’s mercies are new every morning. Receive them.

But that is sure hard to do sometimes isn’t it being able to let things the bad days go?

We cling to their memory, let their bitterness linger, their frustrations maintain a grip on us. Like the quote says, sabotaging whatever GOD had planned for us for this day.

There is a great recovery saying that says we can’t live life looking out of the rear view mirror, we must keep our eyes focused on what is in the windshield.

But many of us struggle with “the past”; with yesterday. We like to replay the mistakes and the missteps over and over again wishing we could call Marty McFly and borrow his time machine and repair the damage. Or worse yet we get so preoccupied with tomorrow, “the what if’s” I call them, that we waste time on more things we can’t control.

It is why GOD encouraged us to live in the place where we have “the most” control and that is the present.

Matthew 6:34

Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now

Learn from yesterday but don’t dwell on its mistakes and errors. Plan for the future but don’t allow your fixation to cause you to miss what GOD has for you for this day.

Embrace today. Pour your heart and mind into what it has to offer. Apply those lessons learned from the past. Allow those learning to shape your responses and decisions today!

"Steep yourself" as Jesus instructs into the things presented to you today.

Matthew 6:33

…Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

Don’t let yesterday impact the blessings of today. GOD has something amazing planned for you. How do I know? God has something amazing planned for us every day. We just sometimes are too busy with “other days” to catch it.

Here’s what you need to keep in mind. You no longer have yesterday. You do not yet have tomorrow. You have only today. This is the day the Lord has made. Live in it.

I love you all!

Freedom Church

Pastor GDelaney