Matthew 6:33-34

Matthew 6:33-34 But seek first his kingdom and his righteous, and all these things will be added to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

In these verses, I see the importance of living in light of eternity while dwelling in this moment. Verse 25 says, "...do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about yor body, what you will wear." Isn't that the basis of worry? What will happen? We are so preoccupied with the future tense that we overemphasize it's significance, failing to look at it in light of eternity, and we take for granted this very moment, allowing it to slip away through our fingers.

"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness..." Before anxiously striving after the temporary things of this world I must first seek his kingdom, the eternal kingdom, storing up treasure that will last forever. I must seek his righteousness, aiming to conform myself to the character of the Holy God. I must refocus my gaze on what is eternal over what is temporary, not allowing myself to be fooled by time and the importance of here and now because it is all I ever knew. And what is the promise? "...and all these things will be added to you as well." God just wants our gaze to be fixed on Him, and not on our problems.

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."  Dwell in the moment. As Philippians 4:6 says, "Do not be anxious about anything but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving present your requests to God." To combat anxiety about the future, I must give thanks for the present moment even if that moment may seem difficult and mundane. This will bring my attention to today and I will find joy and embrace the blessings that are mine today instead of dwelling in the future tense. Finding contentment in being present in today will leave no room for future anxieties and will enable me to combat the lie that 'tomorrow will be better,' because I am often tempted to believe that lie.

In light of these passages, my goal for today is to spend time in prayer asking God for an eternal perspective and presenting to him the things that I have been dwelling on too much in the future. I will, tonight, write 25 blessings of this day.