TAKE THEREFORE NO THOUGHT FOR THE MORROW.

 

EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith

FEBRUARY 19

 

Matthew 6:34

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.

 
That is, NO
   anxious,
      perplexing,
         distressing thought.
 
You know not that you shall live until to-morrow, the Lord may take you home to-night;
but if you do, the Lord will be
   as thoughtful of you,
   as kind to you, and
   as watchful of you,
   as he has been to-day.
 
There is daily grace as well as daily bread.
 
You cannot be fatherless, you will not be neglected.
 
Whatever your circumstances may be,
    your Father knows them,
        he has provided for them,
           he will bring you through them, and
                     get glory to himself by them.
 
Let the peace of God rule in your heart.
 
Stay yourself upon the word of the Lord.
 
Your loving Saviour wishes you to be free from anxiety, to wait upon him without distraction, to honour his Father’s love, by living in the exercise of calm, patient, waiting faith.
 
Go to rest this night, obeying your Redeemer’s word, 

“Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all temporal things shall be added unto you.

 
Take no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.”
 
When you awake in the morning you God will be with you, and he will not forsake you.
 

By day, by night, at home, abroad,

Still I am guarded by my God:

By his incessant bounty fed,

By his unerring counsel led.

 
James Smith