Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

I remember yesterday. I live today. I provide for tomorrow

I remember that yesterday God made a plan to bring this world into existence. He planned the vegetables and meat, the sun and the rain, the day and the night. God also planned for the prophets of yesterday to help His people plan for their tomorrows. He called Abraham out of the land of Ur and sent him to the land of promise. He sent Joseph into Egypt to plan for the children of Israel's arrival. He prepared Moses to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt across the Red Sea. In all the yesterdays of the Old Testament we see people like Joshua and Caleb ready to serve the Lord with all of their strength; Debra and Ruth who were faithful in their day. David, Daniel and Elijah, men who opposed Satan and un-righteousness, who stood firm in the face of great opposition, and served the God of heaven and earth with all their heart, soul and strength.

And not so long ago, yesterday, God sent his servant John into the world to prepare the way for Immanuel. Shortly there after came a yesterday that was like no other yesterday that had ever been before. A day that brought a host of heaven to earth singing "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!" (Luke 2:14). The yesterday that Jesus Christ was born into this world.

There is a yesterday that is even greater than the day of Jesus' birth. The religious leaders hated Jesus so much they thought that they would just put an end to Him by killing Him. But on the third day after His death came the greatest yesterday of all history, the day Jesus rose out of the tomb; the day He defeated death; the day he set mankind free from the bondage of sin and the grave. Fifty days later, on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2, salvation in the name of Jesus Christ began to be preached to a lost and dying people.

Today we must not forget the yesterdays of the past. God planned it and it is beneficial for our learning (Rom. 15:4). Today we have a most urgent responsibility to hear Jesus and the writers of the New Testament. "Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: 'Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,..." (Heb. 3:7,8). Open your ears to hear the good news with the fresh ears of a child, wholly accepting, trusting and acting upon it. Read the bible with awe and wonder at the treasures contained there in, treasures that were given yesterday for us today.

If we remember yesterday today it will make for a better tomorrow. A tomorrow where there is no more disease and no more dying. No more tears will wet the eyes. Tomorrow will bring us to a mansion which has been prepared for us on a street of gold; in a place which has walls of precious stones and a gate of pearl. A place where there is no night because God our father is ever shinning in that place. A place where the host of heaven ever sings the wondrous choruses of joy and happiness.

God planned yesterday for your benefit today that we might have that glorious tomorrow. "Therefore watch, and remember...And now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified" (Acts 20:31,32). Yesterday stands as a memorial today that we should ever reach for the great joy that awaits us tomorrow.