Don't Worry About Tomorrow

Don’t Worry About Tomorrow

By

Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.

PRAYER

SCRIPTURE: - Matthew 6:34 “Take 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”.

OPENING:- Now I have stated for a long time about preaching against politics I don’t believe that as preachers we are to use our platforms to endorse a certain candidate or promote a certain political party, I have stated who I would vote for and I wish everyone would vote like me but that your vote is your personal choice and has nothing to do with your salvation or your relationship with God, there is no Biblical mandate that says you have to vote Democrat or Republican, but that we give unto Ceasar that which belongs to Ceasar and unto God that which belongs unto God. As a matter of fact I have taught as the Bible says in 1Timothy 2:1-4 says “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth”.

Now since the election in November I have had a feeling of queasiness in the pit of my stomach especially as I seen Donald Trump is surrounding himself with billionaires like Elon Musk Vivek Ramaswamy Bezos Zuckerberg and other loyalist who are determined to carry out his every whim and desire without seemingly any regard for the welfare and sanctity of human decency or life at all.

As I watched the circus take place with the questioning of Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary and how he slithered and cunningly maneuvered his way through the questioning avoiding answering the simplest of questions, how he subtly stated there is no time for Equity in our military only Equality. As a veteran still serving veterans, I was appalled by the words that were coming out of his mouth and all I could see were freedoms diminishing, benefits, diminishing, rights diminishing and democracy going down the proverbial toilet. As the week began to draw on and we began to get closer and closer the January 20th the 2nd inauguration of Donald Trump as the President of the United States I even began to worry what will tomorrow bring. Then on Wednesday night I listened as President Biden gave his farewell address and how he warned of the oligarchy that was forming around the incoming administration and the dangers of losing our democracy and my heart grew heavier and heavier. I began worrying what are we going to do, we can’t just go and move out of the country like some people are doing, we can’t go and live on a cruise ship for the next four years. I was truly getting into a place of discouragement, someone maybe thinking you Bishop – yes because even Jesus said the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak, and my flesh was weak when I was looking at what is happening, and I was looking with the natural eye.

As my wife and I were talking and I was telling her how I felt she began trying to encourage me, she said God put in her spirit 37. She read Psalm 37 and how it said 1-16 “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked”.