You are the product today of yesterday in many ways. Proverbs repeat the

themes of sowing and reaping. Huge principle in parenting and in life.

You can’t neglect your physical body and then be suddenly ready for action

when the moment is required. What you eat. Whether you exercise. Imagine

it’s a beautiful day and out of nowhere someone says, “hey let’s go on a

hike—the view’s incredible, it’s gonna be about 8 miles.” In that moment

all you’ve got is what you’ve got.

You can’t speed train in the car on the way to the trail head. Rather, the

culmination of your previous days is your preparedness for that moment.

So, it is in our life with God.

When the difficult days come unexpectedly and descend upon us, we have

whatever we’ve prepared for. Whatever we have cultivated as the pattern of

our life. You have either been learning to depend upon God and his

promises, or you have been cultivating secret distrusts of the Lord.