“I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment...I will keep it night and day.”
(Isa. 27:3)
C.S. Lewis wrote of George Morrison, “His peace of mind came not from building on the future but from resting in what he called ‘the holy present.’” His was a resolute condemnation of anxiety, I think. This was accomplished by trusting God moment by moment. As the Puritan Flavel put it, “The more you trust God, the less you will torment yourself.”
Read the biographies of godly men and women throughout Church history and you will notice one trait they all had in common, an inhale-exhale trust in God, as they lived for Him. Andrew Murray, Elisabeth Elliot, Francis Schaeffer, were a few among this great host; that had found the secret, so to speak. They stayed under God’s spicket, moment by moment.
Jesus taught this truth to His followers, as well as Paul and other biblical writers. Faith itself proves it so. We are told, “NOW faith…” Faith is not past or future, but always present tense, “NOW!” Read Hebrews 11 to see this fact depicted in the lives of God’s saints. No matter the circumstance you may be in: trust Him now, this very second. Then keep on trusting!
Moment by moment I’m kept in His love;
Moment by moment I’ve life from above;
Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine;
Moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.
By An Old Disciple
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