“Each present joy or sorrow seems the chief.” -Shakespeare

It is a common condition we face: that the pains (or pleasures) of the current day can overwhelm us. And while it’s true that Jesus has said that we ought to “take no thought on the morrow,” it could be understood that He was referring to worry and anxiety; that today’s troubles are enough to deal with, and we ought not to let future problems inhibit or crowd our thoughts for the present.

Yet in the same way, we can let the present circumstances—the present clouds overhead—block out the goodness and joy of God’s salvation. Yet in this regard it is important to look to the future, with hope, and not grow weary in this earthly life. “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us” (Romans 8:18).

So, in essence, when thinking of the future, we ought to shun unnecessary worries and doubts, but cling to comforts and joys found in God’s promises. In so doing, we’ll find strength for the next day. In seeing the bigger picture, we realize that there truly is a light at the end of the tunnel, leading to an endless day with Christ in heaven.

“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” -2 Corinthians 4:16-18

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