There Is Always Tomorrow

There is an old saying, "There is always tomorrow." Procrastinators love to put things off until tomorrow. Financial gurus tell us to put aside a nest egg for tomorrow. Forecasters try to tell us what the weather will be like tomorrow.

There is another old saying, "Tomorrow never comes." Life coaches want you to understand Carpe diem, seize the day; friends may encourage you to eat drink and be merry for tomorrow may never come; or parents may be telling you to never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

I guess it depends on your outlook on life. Some people are longing for tomorrow because they are in the middle of a storm in their lives. Others are dreading tomorrow because of some impending doom that they perceive. And while I find the time to "live in the moment" of life and believe that God teaches us to live day by day, I also think it is foolish for us not to prepare ourselves for the future. If we were only concerned about the here and now, it would be nearly impossible to convince others of the importance of preparing for eternity.

I guess the idea of tomorrow will always be in question. We are not guaranteed a tomorrow here on earth, but we have been guaranteed a tomorrow in eternity. After an eternity of tormenting tomorrows in hell, the seventy-five or so years on earth will have seemed like a blink of an eye. Yet the ten-thousandth tomorrow we experience in heaven will be just as glorious as the first. We need to be focused on our tomorrow (eternity) and know where we plan to spend it.

"I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:14

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