What did you do today?
HELLO FRIENDS,
What did you do today?
This question, or some form of it, is one that gets asked pretty frequently. So much so that it may have even lost some of its value. For me, whenever someone asks me, “What did you do today?” I have to pause and think, What did I actually do today? Sometimes it’s because I had such a busy day that it’s hard to recall everything I did. Other times, it’s because my day was rather slow, and I have to try to think of what I accomplished, if anything.
Regardless of how we would answer the question—or whether or not someone even asked—we should be prepared and ready to give an account of our day. I don’t say this out of conviction or judgment, but simply from a place of encouragement. I was recently reading the book of James and was reminded of just how important today is.
James 4:13-16: Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” Otherwise you are boasting about your own pretentious plans, and all such boasting is evil.
I read this passage and automatically assume the main focus is on trusting the Lord with our future and submitting our plans to Him. Although that is certainly an accurate interpretation of the passage, I think there is another important truth we can take away from it: it’s not just about releasing our tomorrow to God; it’s about focusing on what He has for us today.
Each day, the Lord gives us new mercies, new blessings, and a daily assignment. But if all we do is think about tomorrow—what we will do, where we will go, what we will accomplish—we can miss the opportunities God has placed right in front of us today. We don’t know what tomorrow holds, but we do have today.
So I encourage you, as I have been encouraged: seek the Lord’s will for your life, and be obedient to the assignment He has given you today.
The next time someone asks, “What did you do today?” we should pause and ask ourselves a different question: “What did God ask me to do today?"
Pastor Jonathan Lewellyn
Associate Pastor