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My Soul and This Day
(Mt6:25-34)

God is everlasting (Neh9:5).
His existence is everlasting and
His Word is also everlasting (Is40:5; 1Pe1:25).
 
Faith is longing for Him, for eternity and
Faith life is living this day before the presentness of God for that day (Mt24:36; 2Ti1:12).
 
While “everlasting” is an attribute of the only true God for
He alone is the same yesterday and day and forever (He13:8),
Man only has yesterday and day, for tomorrow is unknown and not guaranteed for him.

Thus, before the presentness of God, man can only live “this day,” which is
The day “I” a being am certainly existing,
The day “I” a being can do things, the only day of activity.
As such, the choice I made yesterday made who I am today and
The choice I make today determines who I will be tomorrow — and eternity.
Yet mad man foolishly dwells in the past and presumptuously speaks of the future (Jas4:13-16).
 
The Bible is the wisdom to live fully this day (Ps90:12) as
The six-day creation illustrates how yesterday differs from today (Ge1).
 
One day, Adam, a living being, the ancestor of all mankind (Ge2:7), was deceived and sinned.
As a result, he was driven out of the Garden (Ge3:4-6, 24) and
Had to toil to find food, only to return to dust in the end (Ge3:17-19).
Moreover, because of the sin that entered the spirit,
All men became destined to bear the burden of eternal death (Rm5:12; Rev20:14).
 
Not missing the opportunity of this day,
Jacob bought with a single meal the birthright from his brother Esau (Ge25:31-34),
While Esau could not bring about any change even after he repented (He12:16).
 
At the end of 430 years, on that very day, Israel was delivered from their slavery in Egypt (Ex12:41).
After seeing God’s deliverance for them that day, they never saw the Egyptians again (Ex14:13).
Despite the fact that they ate their daily bread manna which God sent from heaven
Everyday for 40 years in the desert (Ex16:3-6, 13-36), however,
Because they longed for their past, they were struck with a severe plague (Nu11:33).
Nevertheless, before entering the promised land tomorrow,
Israel was told to choose this day to obey the commandments and choose life (Dt30:19-20), and
Choose for themselves this day whom they will serve (Jos24:15).
 
Referring to the temple where the ark with the golden vase of manna was (He9:1-5),
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days” (Jn2:19), because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
Not in the name Jehovah but in the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43),
He would give not perishable food for the flesh but the imperishable food of eternal life (Jn6:31-35),
To not just Israel but the souls of all men for
He is the bread from heaven, the incarnate Word, life (Jn1:1, 4, 14).
As such, throughout the three years of His public life,
He lived each day fully in the present for the Father’s will (Lk13:31-33).
 
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)     Finished the day of the Son of Man and commended His soul to the Father (Lk26:46);
2)     Destroyed the works of the devil (1Jn3:8); and
3)     His death—paid the price of sin—set them free
      His redeeming blood—to give life—souls (Eph1:7).
 
He resurrected and ascended to the heavenly throne.
He is the Lamb who is the same yesterday, today and forever (He13:8).
The Holy Spirit who came from there in the name of Yeshua
Lets those who have been born again as His children (1Pe1:23-25) and
Ate the bread from heaven, His flesh (Jn6:51), now live this one day.
 
The Christian does not worry about what to eat or about tomorrow (Mt6:31),
But rather thinks about what to do this day,
Knowing that our heavenly Father will provide daily bread (Pr30:8; Mt6:33).
He does not dwell on yesterday (Mt6:34) and
He does not put off until tomorrow the work that must be done today.
On this day, he makes the best decision for his soul (Lk19:5-9; Eph5:15-16; He3:13), and
Works for the kingdom of Christ, His body the church (Mt6:33), and the souls given to him, for
On that day (Mt24:36; 2Ti1:12), the day of Christ (Php1:6; 2Ti5:2),
He longs to go before His presentness and enter His eternity.
 
O Lord,
On this day, let me make the best decision for my soul and
Live fully for Your work, for my soul so
On that day, I may go before You!  Amen.