Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:34
Lately I have been looking at colleges and considering possible majors, looking at scholarships, et cetera (and yes, it's true I'm only a sophomore in high school). I often worry about my grades far too much (what if my GPA isn't high enough to get into a good college?), and about how well I'll do in PSATs and SATs and all that.
I have to constantly remind myself of the verse above. The truth is that God already knows what my GPA will be. He already knows whether I will go to college or not, and if so he knows what college I'm going to end up in. He knows what I'll major in, and how I will use (or maybe not use) that to get a job after college. I have all my current plans and hopes for the future laid out, but he knows which ones will be realized and which ones aren't in HIS plan.
The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.
Proverbs 16:9
So why worry? "Each day has enough trouble of it's own." Honestly, I don't really have the time or energy to worry about what's going to happen in three years. I'm too busy with the next three hours. So, I'll do my best at what's in front of me right now, and wait and see what God has for me later.
-Sarah :)
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare[a] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
I do exactly the same thing. Whether it's looking for the best major/minor pattern for me, looking for the best college, or praying about who my husband may be one day, God has it all planned out, and I don't need to worry. That comment spoke to my heart, and that is a really great post that speaks to every life that serves the Lord. What was really interesting to me is that God didn't say "Don't worry about next year or three years from now, just think about this week." No, he says don't even worry about tomorrow! Tomorrow will take care of itself...wow. It's obvious, but powerful, that God has so much control over the world, that all we have to do is live day by day, and trust that God will even take care of things that occur today, tomorrow, next week, and next year.
ReplyDelete"God didn't say "Don't worry about next year or three years from now, just think about this week." No, he says don't even worry about tomorrow!" good point, hayley! thanks for that!
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