Posted December 31st 2025:

“One Day At A Time For Eternity”

It is hard to believe that another year has ended, and we now stand at the beginning of a new one. The unknown that exists about the year that is ahead can leave us feeling hopeful and excited, or perhaps you are feeling nervous and timid. After all, we cannot possibly know what will happen in the year ahead; we don’t even know what tomorrow will bring.

So here is an attitude to take with us into the new year. Believers are called to live their lives for the Lord, in recognition that we are citizens of Heaven, and so always keeping that eternity that awaits our focus. However, God has given you the gift of today. Scripture says that this is the day that the Lord has made (Ps 118:24). Today is an opportunity to rejoice and be glad, to serve and trust God. What does God say about tomorrow? God understands that we tend to worry about what tomorrow will bring and are concerned about what we will need when tomorrow comes. So regarding our concerns and worries of tomorrow, the Lord instructs us to take no thought of it (Matt 6:34), which is to say, don’t fret about it.

Why does God say this? It is because God already has tomorrow in His omniscient, omnipotent hands. He wants you to know that He is already aware and prepared for what tomorrow will bring. He is ready to supply you with the strength to face whatever comes with it. Tomorrow is already being looked after.

When it comes to tomorrow, God will be there and already knows what you will need when it arrives, most of all Himself, Who will be the same as He is today (Heb 13:8). God’s desire is that you focus on today, the day you have been given. Take today as an opportunity to serve God, worship Him, talk to Him, read His Word, all so that you can get to know Him a little better than you did yesterday. God is looking after tomorrow, so that you can serve Him today, undistracted by the frets of what tomorrow might bring. Then when tomorrow arrives, the same principle will be applicable all over again.

Yes, we truly can live one day at a time. Yet we must remember as we do so, we live with the purpose of eternity. We should use the gift of today to focus on eternity, laying up treasures in Heaven that will last forever and investing in our relationship with our Lord Who has given us eternal life.

So here is the attitude we can approach the new year with. Because God is already looking after tomorrow, we can live one day at a time, for eternity. Yes, one day at a time for eternity—what a wonderful way to live our lives with a wonderful Saviour.

Happy New Year!