Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:34)
Jesus knew his disciples were worried about the immediate, today, as well as about the next day, tomorrow. Therefore, his closing counsel to them was to live one day at a time, to restrict their concerns to today. It’s as if Jesus is saying, “You know what? There’s enough trouble in any given day for any of us to deal with. But if you’re also going to borrow from tomorrow and bring it into today, then you’re in double trouble.”
The reason why we worry so much is because we worry too much. We worry two days at a time. In fact, some of us are so good at worrying we worry a week at a time. But Jesus tells us not to do that. To worry about tomorrow is unwise because it doesn’t drain tomorrow of its sorrows, it only drains today of its strength. It’s futile to worry about tomorrow.
We’re not to worry about tomorrow because there is enough to deal with today without loading our plate from tomorrow’s menu. Each
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