daily

I don't know why it surprises me that I need to be reminded of the truth of the Gospel every day, but it does. And I really do need to be reminded every day. The thing is God knows this (and what's more he's okay with it - which is even harder for me to understand). Take a look at just a few of the verses in the Bible that talk about taking things one day at a time or refer to time in days (FYI the word day is used over 2,000 times in Old and New Testaments so this is just a sample):

• "Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation" - Psalm 68:19 
• "This is the day that the Lord has made" - Psalm 118:24 
• "Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and every" - Psalm 145:2 
• "For he will not remember much the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with Joy in his heart." - Ecclesiastes 5:20 
• "Give us this day our daily bread" - Matthew 6:11 
• "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious about itself. Sufficient for the day is it's own trouble." - Matthew 6:24 
• "And he said to all, 'If anyone would come after me, let him take up his cross daily and follow me'" Luke 9:26

I tend to be a big picture gal and I like to look situations and people and look forward to how they all fit together and how the future will work out. But our walk with the Lord is a life long process that unfolds on a daily basis, sometimes even on a moment-by-moment basis. I may have surrendered my life to Christ, but if I don't surrender my day to Him, I surrender my day to the enemy. 

My life gets messy really fast if I start thinking too much about how things are going to work out or what is going to happen because when I spend that much time forgetting to think about what's right in front of me and what I need to get done today. And I think a lot of what Paul is talking about in Philippians when he says "I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation," (Philippians 4:12), is recognizing the need to take up his cross daily - surrendering each moment to Christ.