Welch: enough for today and then enough for tomorrow

Only enough for today.  The tests follow a particular pattern:  God will give us what we need for today and today alone.  No mystery here, it is all spelled out.

(EX.16:16-19)

“Take as much as you want, but don’t keep a crumb for tomorrow.”...In various forms, this will become God’s plan for human life...The plan of course is genius.  Dump a year’s supply of manna into cold storage and, guaranteed, you will forget about God until the supply disappears (DT.8:10-14).  Such prosperity would be a curse.  God’s strategy is to give us enough for today and then, when tomorrow comes, to give us enough for that day too.

Do you see this is exactly what we need?  Fears and worries live in the future, trying to assure a good outcome in a potentially hard situation.  The last thing they want to do is trust anyone, God included.  To thwart this tendency toward independence, God only gives us what we need when we need it.  The emerging idea is that He wants us to trust him  in the future rather than our self-protective plans. 

Running Scared, p76-77