Even though this is coming a little late, Happy New Month everyone,
We all have calendars right, which we use to keep track of things? We have schedules and plans, we use words like yesterday, today, tomorrow, next year, and so on. But I recently found out that time is an illusion, in other words, the dividing line between past, present, and future is an illusion. Who does this sound like? Albert Einstein. According to Physics-astronomy.com Time is actually relative, and flexible and, according to Albert Einstein himself, “the dividing line between past, present, and future is an illusion.” (www.physics-astronomy.com/2016/05/according-to-einstein-time-is-illusion.html?m=1#.Wpht7XXTXqC).
There were scientists who studied Einstein’s theory and were able to confirm that looking at Einstein’s time theory would imply that everyone only has the now and not yesterday or tomorrow. Time as a whole has been presented from start to finish. However, in this case, it wasn’t referred to as time in the general sense, it was referred to as space-time. This also was what I concluded and found out it was what Einstein concluded on. I won’t like to go so deep into core physics so as not to lose track of the reason for today’s write-up.
I said I recently found out that time is an illusion, but my claim wasn’t after studying Albert Einstein’s theory, because my perspective is quite different from his stand, although very similar. As I said earlier, we refer to things of the past, the future, and the present. Jesus in Matthew 6:34 said, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” What did Jesus mean here, because this is a very common verse of the Bible which continues from the previous verse which is even more popular, why did Jesus emphasise on today and not about tomorrow?
As we look at Matthew 6:34 with Jesus’ emphasis on focusing on today and not bothering oneself over tomorrow, this tends to contradict the general norm of man, especially when we go back a little to verses 31 and 32a which says, “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’. For after all these things the Gentiles seek. …” By Gentiles, Jesus meant the everyday people outside the Jewish kingdom. We plan our days, we plan what to eat, drink, and wear, is Jesus asking us not to plan, and only think about today?
First things first, Jesus was teaching us of the now, in other words, what He implied was that tomorrow doesn’t exist, we only have the now. The question we are to ask ourselves as we live our “now” is, are you doing the right thing right now? The reason why this should be asked is that we are to do what is right at every time we live. In other words, it’s sort of like doing the right thing at the right time.
However, Jesus was calling our attention to something very important. We are to focus on just the day, which is the “now”. For Jesus to have said we are not to bother ourselves with what to eat, drink, wear and things that cause worry is because He said in Matthew 6:32b, “…For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.” Again, does that mean God would come from heaven and give us all these things? Not exactly. What Jesus meant was that man cannot see the big picture, in other words, man looks at a very minute portion of life which they didn’t know, but it just hit them as they experience it.
Jesus was trying to teach us how to view our life from start to finish with a view, just the way God does. Let me break this down further. Man doesn’t know his “now”, he guesses his “now”, so as he plans, he plans blindly. His plans could appear as though it is a success, but in the long run, and for some, a short run, an error occurs because he uses probability and assumption to live. So, Matthew 6:32b and 34 implies that God knows exactly, for certain, without a doubt, or guesswork what we need exactly, which means we are not to continue to rely on our plans which are prone to errors but rely, depend, trust in a Person who has seen our lives as “the now” and knows everything we are to do at the right time.
I really hope I didn’t confuse you guys with the theory of time, especially with my emphasis on “the now”. Log on tomorrow as I break down the aspect of “the now” in a much clearer view. This is just the beginning which is meant for today’s write-up, however, the proper understanding would be expressed from tomorrow.
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
Log on next time.
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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