Sufficient Unto the Day...

...is the God thereof. It's a hard thing to remember, an even harder one to live.

My mother is writing a book and it was due last week. She got a two week extension and wanted me to review it within a week and give it to her so she could have someone else review it in under a week, but then made changes to it for five days before she gave it to me. Instead of relying on God for the strength to get it done on time and trusting that His will would be done, I got frustrated with her.

When I saw the woman on Sunday who had deeply hurt me, I avoided her instead of swallowing my pride and turning the other cheek. I was at a friend's house last night watching a movie and this woman came in (they are roommates) and, while I wasn't intentionally cold to her, I didn't go out of my way to be warm, either.

My friend had told me earlier in the evening the financial struggles she was going through. Another friend is dealing with a very rare and often lethal medical condition. My mother has more illnesses and conditions than I can usually remember.

All of us are worried about something or letting something get to us. We should let God be taking care of it all. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we should do nothing and assume God will rain manna from heaven or that if our faith was strong enough, we wouldn't need to eat, drink, and breathe. God created our bodies to need certain things and our hearts, too, need certain things. Even when Adam had no sin separating him from God, God decreed that it was not good for him to be alone and made Eve.

The point is not that we need nothing when we trust in God to be sufficient, but that we let Him provide what we need. We do as He guides us and let the results be as He wills them, even if it's not what we want for ourselves.

I'll be honest: I hate being single, especially when I watch seemingly all my friends dating, getting married, and having kids. And it's not just being single, it's having always been single. My heart is crying out for a woman to love and respect me. Instead of having faith, though, that my God will supply all my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus, I have become fixated on one woman or another as perhaps the answer to my prayers. I have decided what is best for me instead of letting God decide.

God recently shut a door in my life regarding someone I thought could be what I was looking for. It hurt, but God doesn't shut doors without opening doors that are better for us to walk through. If she's not the one for me, I should be thankful He shut the door and saved me from myself. I just have to trust in Him and let Him guide me through the right doors.

I believe it can be God's will for some of us to be single forever. I believe that we can serve Him better in that state. But I also believe that for the vast majority of us, God wants us to get married and He has someone for each of us who is perfect for us. They won't be perfect and they'll still disappoint us like we'll disappoint them, but they will be even more than we could have asked for. We just have to trust in God and count on Him to be the source of all our provision. For He is sufficient for us, in all things.