"We do not know what a day may bring forth (Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
See All...). Few of us think in the morning about what tidings we may hear or what events may befall us before night. We should beg God for grace to carry us through the duties and difficulties that we do not foresee as well as those that we do. In order that we may stand ‘complete in all the will of God’ (Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
See All...), we should pray that as the day is, so our strength may be (Deuteronomy 33:25Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
See All...). We will find that ‘sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof’ (Matthew 6:34Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
See All...), and that therefore as it is folly to think about tomorrow’s events, so it is wisdom to think about today’s duty. The supplies of divine grace are sufficient for this day and the duty of it. We should pray that God’s grace will thoroughly furnish us for every good word and work and thoroughly fortify against every evil word and work, that God’s grace will help us not to think, speak, or do anything all day that we will wish unthought, unspoken, or undone at night."