Good Like a Medicine

One of the quickest joy-suckers is worrying about tomorrow. Tomorrow has so many unanswered questions, but why fear them? Today is one day, and there is grace enough. No more, no less.

As I read this today I chuckled at the implications for me personally. “A thirst which we may suffer in the month of June does not need to be quenched in February.” In my smiling mind I pictured an extremely large pregnant me walking around in my hot Summer kitchen, thirsty and begging God to make the month fly by me! I smile, and I must not worry about that day now while it is still February. The grace will come, and it will be enough!

A daily portion is all that a man really wants. We do not need
tomorrow’s supplies; that day has not yet dawned, and its wants are as
yet unborn. The thirst which we may suffer in the month of June does
not need to be quenched in February, for we do not feel it yet; if we
have enough for each day as the days arrive we shall never know want.
Sufficient for the day is all that we can enjoy. We cannot eat or drink
or wear more than the day’s supply of food and raiment; the surplus
gives us the care of storing it, and the anxiety of watching against a
thief. One staff aids a traveller, but a bundle of staves is a heavy
burden. Enough is not only as good as a feast, but is all that the
greatest glutton can truly enjoy. This is all that we should expect; a
craving for more than this is ungrateful. When our Father does not give
us more, we should be content with his daily allowance.
– C.H. Spurgeon

Ah, yes, this is the secret to true, ultimate contentment. May God remind me today that I would not welcome the burden of knowing more than today. I will thank God for today and happily enjoy its graces from the Master’s hands!