day no. 16,061: as each day requires

1 Kings 8:59-60

Let these words of mine, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires; that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.

Every day requires its own obedience, grace, and mercy. We are never called upon to possess tomorrow's strength. In fact, we are forbidden to try. (Mt. 6:34) But neither can we perform yesterday's obedience today. We do not get do-over's. We can repent of yesterday, but we cannot relive it.

We can only do what we can do, but we must do it.

Part of today's obedience is asking for forgiveness for yesterday's failures. Part of today's obedience is resisting the urge to be anxious about what tomorrow may ask of you. Today, your job is to obey and to do what is required of you right now. God will provide faithfully as each day requires every single thing: both the to-do's and the hop-to, the tasks and the tenacity to tackle them, the target and the grace to keep at it after previously missing the mark.