Today Is the Day He Made

Anxiety has a fixed address: either the past, replaying what has already happened, or the future, fearing what hasn't come yet. The one place it almost never lives is the present — the now, this day. And that is exactly where God is. Today's verse doesn't say "next year will belong to the Lord" or "yesterday belonged to the Lord"; it says, "this is the day which the LORD hath made." Today. This ordinary day, with its tasks and its challenges, was made by God and handed to you as a gift. When you spend the whole day living in tomorrow, you miss today — and today is the only part of life you can actually live. The past is gone; the future hasn't arrived; only the now is in your hands. "We will rejoice and be glad in it" — in this day, not in some perfect day that may never come. Today, make a gentle effort to return to the present: notice one good thing that exists right now, in this moment. A warm cup of coffee, a child nearby, the air in your lungs. God is in today. Don't miss the present while waiting for tomorrow.