Jesus asked Mack where he spent most of his thinking time - the past, present or future.
Mack's response was '...I spend very little time in the present. For me I spend a big piece in the past, but most of the rest of the time I am trying to figure out the future'
I think this is possibly true for many of us.
Jesus' response:
'When I dwell in you, I do so in the present. I live in the present.' He then goes onto point out that so much of our thoughts of the future are based on fear and are actually nothing like the reality of living life with Jesus.
Since leaving the School of Ministry one of the most major things that God has been continually teaching me (because I have continually been forgetting about it!) is when Jesus says 'Do not worry about tomorrow.." Matt.6.34 and all that's before it in Matt.6.
My major revelations on this to date:
*Learning to trust God for today and knowing that I have everything I have for today, everything I need. Not worrying about tomorrow (still learning this one...especially living without a fixed income)
*If I stop worrying about tomorrow..and all that I have to do tomorrow and all of the energy that I will spend this week on various things..then switch my focus to today and today only then today becomes so much more fun, has so much more energy poured into it and my worries about tomorrow diminish because tomorrow is not yet a reality so worrying about what has not yet happened or is not yet happening, is a waste of time and energy!
*Jesus is living with me here in today. He is focussed on me today...and He has tomorrow in his hands.
I think that his point in the book, made me realise that I miss out on 'Jesus today'. I often ask him to take care of tomorrow and heal me from yesterday (!) and every so often, maybe at the end of my day or at the beginning of my day I invite him to come and be with me and fill me...but for the rest of my day, the rest of today...I am still 'mosying along' by myself.. forgetting that Jesus is here (until something goes wrong, then I speak to him!), living in today with me; doing every task with me, breathing every breath with me...right here, right now. I want to step into living in the reality of Jesus here with me today. He is here, he is always here.
Do not worry about tomorrow...for tomorrow will take care of itself.
ok, so not so much of a discussion topic...but let me know your thoughts and revelations on this!!?