When confronted with the possibility of a new responsibility, whether it be at home, at church or in the world, I tend to spend some time imagining how this new role will play out in my life and how it can be used for God's purpose in the world around me. Some of this is daydreaming, and some can be trying to determine how best to perform, so that my usefulness for God and for others is maximized.
Planning is good, I need to plan, but sometimes the time spent in thinking about how it will all work out is pointless. How can I know today, the situation for tomorrow, even if I am in the role I imagine?
How can I project my life today into the future, when I don't even know what the next day, week or minute will bring my way?
Someone once said: "Life is what happens while we are planning for the future."
The only moment in time that I can know anything about is the one that I am living in right now, and that is the one that contains my responsibility. There is a tension in all of that, and it is not right to just sit around and see what is going to happen, but there can be a misplaced priority in trying to see ahead.
Perhaps the correct course of action is to do the things that will give me the opportunity to react to future situations and roles in the way that God wants. Actions that will prepare me to live in the future as a servant of God, whatever the role I am given.
The time I spend in study, prayer and being in touch with God, will prepare me for the happenings of tomorrow. I can live in the moment if I am living with God. He brings all things to pass, and I do not need to know the particulars. I just need to have Him, and be available as He leads.
It is far easier to write these words of admonition to myself this morning, than to live them out as the day unfolds. I can't see any of the future for sure, so I pray that God will just help me live in the day that I have. Then that I will have His readiness for those circumstances as they unfold.
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