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January 22

In an interview broadcast on the CBC national news soon after the devastating earthquake that rocked southern California in January of 1994, a CBC reporter was vividly describing some of the damage around the Los Angeles area. She mentioned the loss of life and said that residents were very uneasy in their homes, some of them arranging to sleep outside for fear of aftershocks.

Then the host newscaster asked her reporter, “What about tomorrow?” The response was, “That’s the question on everyone’s lips.”

To be truthful, that’s a question on the lips of more than a few people. And usually it is asked against a background of fear or uncertainty . . . for various kinds of earth–shattering events are happening as well as “natural” earthquakes.

“What about tomorrow?” is a very natural question to ask at this juncture in history.

Jesus had something to say about it in the solid pages of teaching in Matthew 5, 6, and 7—part of what is called the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus had just made reference to very simple things like food and clothing and the fact that God cares for the plants and the animals.

“Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matthew 6:33).

Then He made this incisive statement:

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34).

It is our privilege to trust God for tomorrow.