There are two thieves that we often allow in our lives: 

1. Yesterday (the past)
2. Tomorrow (the future)

Yesterday

Yesterday is in the past, and we cannot change anything about it. Paul had the following to say about yesterday:

“I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead…”

Philippians 3:13

The Passion Translation translates the same passage as follows:

“…I do have one compelling focus: I forget all of the past as I fasten my heart to the future instead.”

To loosen yourself from the past is a deliberate choice. Untie yourself from yesterday! Let go! If you don’t, you will be spiritually paralysed, and your quality of life will be negatively impacted.

Tomorrow

In the same way, worries about tomorrow can steal your joy:

“¹³Come now, you who say, today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and carry on our business and make money. ¹⁴Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are [really] but a wisp of vapour (a puff of smoke, a mist) that is visible for a little while and then disappears [into thin air].”

James 4:13-14

“So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.”

Matthew 6:34

Today

He promises us that His grace is new, fresh, and abundant every morning 

“²²It is because of the Lord’s mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions fail not. ²³They are new every morning; great and abundant is Your stability and faithfulness.”

Lamentations 3:22-23 

“God is to us a God of deliverances and salvation; and to God the Lord belongs escape from death [setting us free].”

Psalms 68:20

Conclusion

Make the most of every day. Live all-out!

All scripture references are from the Amplified Bible, Classic Edition, unless otherwise stated.