Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

     Matthew 6:31-34 says, “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?  (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.  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.” 

     Most people have goals in their life. There seems to always be something for which they work towards.  In Spain, most of the people worked for a vacation and everyone got to take off a whole month no matter how long they had worked for any given store or company.  It was their tradition.  Here, in our country, people tend to do the same thing and work and work in order that they might achieve a certain lifestyle.  People in general, myself included, often think about a place to stay, clothes to put on and food to eat.  I recently received about a dozen handkerchiefs from one of the staff member.  I was happy to receive this little gift, well it was a gift to me, and I could tell that they had been in storage for awhile.  .  

     The above passage from the Sermon on the Mount of Olives, reminds us of the basic needs of people, shelter, clothing and food.  Our rescue missions provide that for many homeless people even in the city of Roanoke, Virginia.  It is a typical need and evidence to that effect was seen in the Old Testament when people tried to gather enough manna on a weekday to last the next day also.  The  amount for the next day would rot and have worms in it, except on the day before the Sabbath.  God made that  amount last for the next day also.  It shows how God can supply that which we need and yet when we try to take advantage of God and get more than we need, it rots and has worms in it.  Well, it might be stored in the basement for such a long time that we don’t need it eventually and give it away or throw it in the trash.  Some people, well, a lot of people, are hoarders in that they will store up an item “just in case” they might need it.  The LORD here reminds us to not think about tomorrow.  He supplied our needs today and He will supply them also tomorrow.  As I think about it, God has never failed to supply all of my needs sometimes through you or others of various ministries in which we have been involved.  If God takes care of the birds and the lilies of the field, He certainly will take care of us.  Praise God today for the  abundant supply of those things that we need.