Our Daily Bread
Tuesday, May 16, 1995

Read: Matthew 6:25-34


                     WAITING FOR THE ROOSTER
                                
                          Do not worry
                         about tomorrow.

                         - Matthew 6:34


The story is told of a man who raised chickens. Among them was a
rooster whose occasional crowing greatly annoyed a neighbor.
Early one morning the disgruntled neighbor called the farmer and
complained, "That miserable bird of yours keeps me up all night!"

"I don't understand," came the reply. "He hardly ever crows; but
if he does, it's never more than two or three times."

"That isn't my problem," retorted the neighbor. "It's not how
often he crows that irritates me! What keeps me awake is not
knowing when he might crow!"

Many of us are like that man. We worry about the difficulties and
distressing circumstances that could arise tomorrow. Rather than
living a day at a time and rejoicing in the Lord's sufficiency
for the present, we become anxious by borrowing trouble from the
future.

If you know Christ as Savior, take to heart His words in Matthew
6:34, "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about
its own things." As you choose to trust Him, He will give you
rest for your soul, and the peace of God will fill your heart and
mind.

Friend, stop foolishly "waiting for the rooster"!

- Richard W. De Haan

            Why worry? Are tomorrow's skies more blue
            If on our beds we restless roll and toss
          With burning, sleepless eyes until the morn,
            Just building bridges we may never cross?
                                
                             - Anon.


Thought for the Day: Worrying is paying interest on troubles
                     that may never come due.

The Bible in One Year: Job 8-10


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