Today's mercies are for today's burdens. Tomorrow's mercies will be for tomorrow's problems.
In July 1945, shortly after leading Great Britain to victory in World War II, Winston Churchill suffered a shocking setback when his party was defeated at the polls, ending his time as prime minister. Hoping to console him, his wife Clementine suggested that his defeat was really a blessing in disguise. "If so, it is very well disguised," he replied.
Many of us no doubt feel the same way about our problems. We see the trouble, but where is the blessing?
We all wonder what will happen tomorrow. Will our health hold up? Will we end up in a nursing home or waste away in a hospital? What about our children? Will they serve the Lord? What if something happens to them? Who will take care of us in our old age? Singles wonder if they will ever marry. Married couples look at all the divorces and wonder if they will make it. We all have concerns about our career choices, and we wonder where we will be in ten years.
Many of us no doubt feel the same way about our problems. We see the trouble, but where is the blessing?
We all wonder what will happen tomorrow. Will our health hold up? Will we end up in a nursing home or waste away in a hospital? What about our children? Will they serve the Lord? What if something happens to them? Who will take care of us in our old age? Singles wonder if they will ever marry. Married couples look at all the divorces and wonder if they will make it. We all have concerns about our career choices, and we wonder where we will be in ten years.
It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:24-23
Let us learn the lesson of Lamentations 3:23 - God's mercies come day by day. They come when we need them—not earlier and not later. God gives us what we need today. If we needed more, He would give us more. When we need something else, He will provide that as well. Nothing we truly need will ever be withheld from us. Search your problems, and within them you will discover the well-disguised mercies of God.
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