There's Only Now: Part 8

This is our bubble of protection – there is only now and now is a blessing. Do not let your past steal your present joy. This is a commandment from God. He tells us not to let our hearts be troubled (John 14:27 NKJV). God also tells us not presume on tomorrow. This perspective – God’s perspective – allows us to construct proper priorities. People are in jeopardy of destroying their future because they are freaking out about tomorrow. This is a tactic of the enemy. Because we have a now, we can reign over Satan, sin and death. As we walk by faith, God leads us. The enemy tries to get us to abort our now by deceiving us to thinking only about ourselves. Without proper priorities, no one can win. God knows everything. He is preparing us for what is going to happen right now.

To have proper priorities means that you seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. (Matthew 6:33, 34) If you seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, then you will never have to worry. You need to stop worrying about tomorrow. Worry, dread and fear about tomorrow is how Satan keeps people immobilized and out of the will of God.

Remember, you’ll have to answer to God. This focus gives us the ability to set up proper priorities. If you seek the counsel of God that always stands, then you will make plans that always succeed (Proverbs 19:21). We will be tempted but God as given us the grace to do whatever we need to do (Proverbs 23:17-18). Every day we encounter we are to be in the fear of the Lord. If you stay in the fear of the Lord all day long, your hope will come to pass and it will not be in vain.

Ask yourself: What will last? (Matthew 7:24) The love of the world will not last, but the counsel of God and the wisdom of God last forever. Some areas to examine when you ask yourself this question include your thoughts and conversation. Ask yourself: Are my thoughts the will of God? We don’t have to worry about the carnal things if we are not living in them (2 Corinthians 10:3-6). Our thoughts need to line up with the Word of God. You should meditate on the Word day and night. We don’t war in the flesh. Our senses are there as warning mechanisms to protect us so that we know when to release our faith. How are you talking? On the judgment day, you will have to give an answer for your words that are contrary to the Word of God (Matthew 12:34). Paul was a truthful, honest and authentic believer (2 Corinthians 4:8). He called things that were not as though they were. Similarly, because we believe, we should say so.