YESTERDAY IS GONE!

I have been pondering on a helpful New Year thought to share that will help get us off to a right start for 2013. As I read from ‘Springs in the Valley’ this morning, the words of Bob Burdette seemed to be my answer. The thoughts he gave aren’t new, but the way he puts it made it catchy and so understandable.

He says that there are two days each week during which he never worries—two carefree days to be free of fear and apprehension. One of these days is yesterday. Yesterday, with its cares and fears and mistakes, is gone, gone forever! All that was done yesterday is in the hands of the Mighty Lord. It is God’s!

The other day is tomorrow. All the fears, burdens and failures are beyond me to do anything about. It is a day of God’s. Just as the Mighty Lord held yesterday, so He holds tomorrow. That day is God’s day!

So I have one day left for me in each week—Today. We only carry the burdens, or face temptations one day, so don’t add what is gone or hasn’t come yet. These are God’s days, leave them with Him. We only have to face one day at a time, and our Mighty Lord walks with us each step of the way.

"Tomorrow is God’s secret—but today is yours to live!"

Paul says in Phil. 3:13: "But one thing I do (it is my one aspiration); forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on…"

My Prayer:
Lord, my past, my yesterdays are under the blood. Paul tells us to forget those things that are behind. He further says to ‘press forward’ knowing that my tomorrows are in Your hands. Today is my gift from You, my "Present" from You. Each new day as it becomes my ‘present’ I commit it to You to lead and guide, step by step, just one day at a time.
Amen