Today's waves

I was reading my daily devotional, Jesus Calling the other day and this passage totally struck me. It was talking about not looking too far into the future and letting God do His job. Now, I've heard this put many ways before bit, somehow this time it really made sense and stuck with me.

Here is the passage:

"there are treacherous looking waves in the distance...by the time those waves reach you, they will have shrunk to proportions of My design. I am always beside you, helping you face today's waves."

I love the whole visual of this! Staring out at the ocean, looking at the giant waves and imagining them crashing up against the shore and swallowing you up! When we obsess about the future, that is exactly what we start to feel like. Stop. Slow down. Breathe. And let God do His thing. I read this a long time ago and it has always stayed with me: "worrying is taking on a responsibility that belongs to God." I don't know about you, but I don't want to step on the Big Guy's toes!

I started thinking about this idea and how it relates to every single aspect of my life. First of all, my MS. If I were to sit and worry about my future with this disease, I would surely succumb to debilitating fear and not want to get out of bed each day. Instead, I choose to take it a day at a time and trust God enough to handle it when the time comes.

Secondly, my running. I am signed up for a half marathon in July and frankly, the idea of running 13.1 miles again scares me to death! But if I focus on "today's waves" and put in my time training, I will be able to reach that goal when the time comes!

So, I guess the moral of my story is to stop worrying, concentrate on what you can do today and leave the rest up to God. He's got this!!