Matthew 6:9-15 (NKJV) “Give us this day our daily bread.” Paul said in Philippians 3:13 (NKJV) “Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.” If you live long enough you will experience profound pain and suffering. There is no escaping this reality. Life is unfair, and then you die. Slightly depressing. The good news, you can move past your past! Sir Walter Osler – So many people are so overwhelmed by so many things. We’re paralyzed by things we cannot change—the past. We’re crippled by things we cannot control—the future. The solution? Let go of “dead yesterdays” and “unborn tomorrows.”
1. We have to let go of dead yesterdays. The Apostle Paul wrote trying to help us with the process of forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead. All of us have felt the sting of death when we lose a loved one. It sometimes feels insurmountable but we have to be willing to pray “Lord, give me this day”. Just one day at a time with God’s help. 2 Corinthians 5:8 (NKJV) “We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.” When we are experiencing profound grief, pain, and a broken heart, whether from the loss of a loved one, a betrayal, an unexpected tragedy, we have to pray…Father, give me this day. Today. Get me thru today.
2. We owe it to everyone to pray for God’s help each day. This may be a shock for someone to hear today but life does not stop for those around you just because you are going through something terrible. It may be your time of greatest influence. Romans 14:7 (NKJV) “For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.” When we fail to bury our dead yesterdays whatever they were or how bad they hurt, we are not just cheating ourselves. We are cheating those who could be touched by our influence and our touch. Hear your pastor, we also cheat God because we are saying we can’t trust Him or believe He can give us this day.
3. Keep straining forward and keep praying, “Give me this day.” Let’s face it, none of us are all God wants us to be. We have not arrived by any means but we keep trying and why we keep praying. Yesterday is done and tomorrow is still unknown but today I can apply myself to strain forward through whatever it is I am going through. I am preaching to myself as much as I am you. Give me this day.
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