Title Matthew 06:33-34 Today's Sufficient Grace
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Matthew 6:33-34
Today's text, "One day's suffering is enough for one day" has three meanings. It means that it is difficult to deal with the problems facing us today, but we do not have time to think about tomorrow. It means that we do not need to worry about future problems ahead of time. .
If we bind this world we live in into a space called time, it has a beginning and an end. As the saying goes that red petals do not last for ten days and power for ten years is difficult, the hardships we experience do not last long. David sang, "His wrath is temporary, but his favor is a lifetime. Weeping may rest in the evening, but joy come in the morning" (Psalm 30:5).
Job is the epitome of suffering. The Sheba and the Chaldeans attacked his home, and killed or took 500 oxen, 500 donkeys, and 7,000 sheep, and destroyed all the houses in the fire. The typhoon blew and all of my children died. It was a great ordeal, but his ordeal did not last long.
“I have forsaken you for a little while, but I will gather you with great compassion; in my overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a while, but with everlasting mercy I will have mercy on you, says the Lord your Redeemer” (Isaiah 54:7-8).
The nation of Israel also had a history of suffering, but it never ended with suffering. Through the 430 years they became a vassal of Egypt, 40 years of life in the wilderness, and 70 years of Babylonian captivity (606-536 BC), they were loved by God and had an opportunity to restore their faith, and they were blessed to all generations of descendants. It was an opportunity for the refinement of faith that became the golden bead of the crown. Therefore, the psalmist exhorts the suffering saints (Psalm 25:15-17). They will look to the Lord, believe that the Lord is not the one who suffers, but the one who brings them out, and tells them to pray for the right things.
In the end, suffering brings valuable things to the saints (Matthew 6:34, 2 Corinthians 12:10). Suffering is unavoidable for all, and it is a training that every human being who lives on earth must go through. We need to know that hardship is not only causing us pain, suffering, and damage.
John Milton lost his sight and became blind, and in the bitter pain he achieved an immortal masterpiece called 'Paradise Lost', and Beethoven completed a better work after losing his hearing. Suffering from poverty and hunger, Mozart composed an immortal masterpiece, 'The Requiem'. Dante was betrayed by his lover, Beatrice, and wrote 'The New Song' with a deep wound in his heart.
Suffering is a challenge to be faced anyway. If you are in need, persecution, or suffering for the sake of Christ, you should rejoice (1 Corinthians 12:10).
What problems are you struggling with today? I earnestly pray in the name of the Lord that you will become a wise saint who regards today's suffering and suffering as sufficient grace and turns it into an opportunity for blessing and grace in the midst of suffering.