"Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."
An excerpt from my devotional e-mails to Clemence:
Writing about Matthew. Specifically the last phrase in Matthew 6:34: "Sufficient for the day is its own trouble" (NASB)
I think I need to make into habit the process of meditating on Scripture.. taking small chunks of it and digesting it heavily. I think that's what I'm going to attempt in this e-mail. THe practice of meditating on Scripture. The phrase I chose was Sufficient for the day is its own trouble, something that kind of struck me and I had never really considered before. I think it's something that we seldom really take into account in our own lives, preferring to plan far in advance. Not that these things are bad, but Christ has obviously said this for some reason, and to take from it the full meaning is our duty as believers who want to be taught by the Word.
"Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." I never really consider the day a trouble unto itself. It never seems to me that the day is filled with so many things that it is sufficient. That instead of storing up treasures for tomorrow I should be considering the works of my hands today. I think it speaks largely to the state of mind that we live in, always planning for the next day rather than reaching for the opportunities afforded to us by God in the moment that we are living. I don't stop in the morning when I wake up and say... Today's troubles are sufficient. I don't say, Today is filled with troubles, or things to do. I don't say to myself, I really need to pray this morning because who knows what the Lord will bring my way.
I think the attitude that I bring throughout each day is largely ignorant of the troubles of the day. I let these troubles pass, not considering them to be troubles at all most of the time. I don't consider a hell-bound friend and share the gospel with them. I don't consider a man begging for change on the street. I don't stop to consider my soul in constant need of renewal in Christ and the gospel. I don't stop to consider every precarious and sinful decision that I lean towards each day and the way in which I spend my time. There are many things that I just don't worry about TODAY... because all I am worried about is tomorrow, or beyond.
Sufficiency reminds us that it is enough. Christ did not say too much are the troubles of the day. He did not say that God will overwhelm us with troubles each and every day. But he has reminded us that they are sufficient. They are enough for us to handle. Enough for us to worry about. That also speaks to the Sovereignty of God.
Writing about Matthew. Specifically the last phrase in Matthew 6:34: "Sufficient for the day is its own trouble" (NASB)
I think I need to make into habit the process of meditating on Scripture.. taking small chunks of it and digesting it heavily. I think that's what I'm going to attempt in this e-mail. THe practice of meditating on Scripture. The phrase I chose was Sufficient for the day is its own trouble, something that kind of struck me and I had never really considered before. I think it's something that we seldom really take into account in our own lives, preferring to plan far in advance. Not that these things are bad, but Christ has obviously said this for some reason, and to take from it the full meaning is our duty as believers who want to be taught by the Word.
"Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." I never really consider the day a trouble unto itself. It never seems to me that the day is filled with so many things that it is sufficient. That instead of storing up treasures for tomorrow I should be considering the works of my hands today. I think it speaks largely to the state of mind that we live in, always planning for the next day rather than reaching for the opportunities afforded to us by God in the moment that we are living. I don't stop in the morning when I wake up and say... Today's troubles are sufficient. I don't say, Today is filled with troubles, or things to do. I don't say to myself, I really need to pray this morning because who knows what the Lord will bring my way.
I think the attitude that I bring throughout each day is largely ignorant of the troubles of the day. I let these troubles pass, not considering them to be troubles at all most of the time. I don't consider a hell-bound friend and share the gospel with them. I don't consider a man begging for change on the street. I don't stop to consider my soul in constant need of renewal in Christ and the gospel. I don't stop to consider every precarious and sinful decision that I lean towards each day and the way in which I spend my time. There are many things that I just don't worry about TODAY... because all I am worried about is tomorrow, or beyond.
Sufficiency reminds us that it is enough. Christ did not say too much are the troubles of the day. He did not say that God will overwhelm us with troubles each and every day. But he has reminded us that they are sufficient. They are enough for us to handle. Enough for us to worry about. That also speaks to the Sovereignty of God.