One Day at a Time

Luke 9:23 Then to everyone He said, “If anyone wants to come after me, let him say ‘No’ to himself, take up his execution-stake daily and keep following me.” (CJB)

Jesus told us how to bear the cross of following Him. He said in Luke 9:23, "If anyone wants to come after Me, let him take up his cross..." You remember the next word? "...daily and follow Me." Now Deuteronomy 33:25 has this simple, profound, and enlightening statement, "Your strength will equal your days." God distributes strength to us in 24-hour allotments. Today, you have no strength for tomorrow, or certainly for next week or next month or next year.

If you're facing what appears to be a mountain right now and you're saying, "I don't know how I'll get all this done!" Or, "I don't know how I'll make it through this crisis? I don't know how I'll cope." The Lord tells us, "One day at a time. You don't have to take the mountain all at once. Don't try to handle that entire load at one time. Take it as I give it to you in 24-hour chunks."

You know, you'll never have a day where you won't have enough strength. God promised. You have His word on it. If the Lord sends you a 20-pound day, you'll get 20 pounds of strength. He sends you 100-pound day, you'll get 100 pounds of strength; a hundred pounds of His supernatural resources. But don't try to borrow tomorrow's trouble. You don't have the strength yet. If you start thinking and worrying about that, you'll run ahead of your supply lines. But you'll have everything you need when that day comes. So live as God designed you to live. Cope as He's equipped you to cope - in 24-hour slices of life.

The chorus from a favorite Christian gospel, One Day at a Time, Sweet Jesus, says it all.

One day at a time sweet Jesus
That’s all I’m asking from you.
Just give me the strength
To do everyday what I have to do.
Yesterday’s gone sweet Jesus
And tomorrow may never be mine.
Lord help me today, show me the way
One day at a time.

If you do it one day at a time, you'll make it through this because God's mercies are new every morning. Hallelujah!