FEBRUARY 7, 2026

  “Believe in Your Heart

Believe in your heart that you're meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and miracles.” 

― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

LEVITICUS 1-3

1The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting. He said, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When anyone among you brings an offering to the Lord, bring as your offering an animal from either the herd or the flock.(1:1-2)

MATTHEW 24:23-51

45“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

JOURNAL 

Over the past year, the tension between life’s brevity and the call to live fully has increasingly shaped my thinking. As I have spent more time immersed in Scripture, one truth has become clear. Today is not a placeholder for something better later, but a gift meant to be lived with intention and gratitude. This requires a fundamental shift in mindset and asks whether I truly trust God. Do I believe He sets before me a life marked by purpose, passion, wonder, and meaning, or do I assume the future is governed by loss and disappointment? The reality is that both joy and suffering are woven into life, but with God, even pain is not wasted. In His hands, every moment, especially today, becomes a step toward redemption and, ultimately, paradise.

“Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” (James 4:14)

Part of this awareness has come from reading a biography of Theodore Roosevelt. His life exposes how often I drift into comfort and assumption rather than urgency and gratitude. He seemed to live as though every day mattered, perhaps because illness constantly reminded him that strength was never guaranteed.

That idea aligns with Scripture’s insistence that each day is a gift, not a promise:

“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalm 118:24)

One of Roosevelt’s greatest struggles was severe asthma, a condition that could render him helpless without warning. I wonder if that ever-present weakness pushed him to live decisively when he could. Scripture often shows God using limitation to awaken purpose:

“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12)

The truth is undeniable: tomorrow is unknown. No one can truly predict the future. Yet my daily habits often suggest that I believe I can. Scripture confronts this quiet arrogance directly:

“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.” (Proverbs 27:1)

More often than not, I live as though tomorrow is guaranteed and controllable. When life refuses to follow my expectations, frustration and fear surface. James names this tendency plainly:

“You say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city…’ Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow.” (James 4:13–14)

What Scripture calls for instead is humility, trust, and daily faithfulness. Jesus Himself makes this unmistakably clear:

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:34)

We are not commanded to ignore the future, but to release it. Our responsibility is obedience today; God’s responsibility is provision tomorrow:

“Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.” (1 Peter 5:7)

Living this way creates urgency without panic and gratitude without complacency. It aligns perfectly with Jesus’ teaching on daily dependence:

“Give us today our daily bread.” (Matthew 6:11)

When I focus fully on today with gratitude, my dependence on God becomes clear and honest. Fear loosens its grip because I am no longer trying to carry a future I was never meant to hold:

“Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act.” (Psalm 37:5)

And if tomorrow comes, it arrives not as a threat, but as a new gift...received the same way as today...by trust.

4Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.^a 5Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

DEUTERONOMY 6:4-7