"You're Going to do What? Pro. 27:1

Proverbs 27:1 “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.”
Most of us like to brag about our accomplishments, especially the ones we haven’t actually accomplished yet. The reality is what we think we can do (tomorrow) and what we are able or willing to do (when tomorrow gets here) are usually a long way apart. We are amazing people in our tomorrows. There are no interruptions, everything goes like we planned, people co-operate, the traffic lights always turn green when we get there. Tomorrow, it’s a wonderful place.
While we all like to boast about our tomorrows, the truth is, none of us have ever lived there. We all live in that place called today, and the problem with today is there are to many interruptions, people aren’t co-operating, nothing is going like I planned, and I’ve never seen so many red lights.
Listen to James 4:13 - 17 ”Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit” yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. … Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.”
Let’s think about tomorrow...
Tomorrow is a procrastinators paradise
For the procrastinator tomorrow’s schedule fills up in a hurry. We have heard the saying “never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” well the procrastinators slogan is “never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.” The problem is that when we put things off they tend to pile up. If you take five “todays” worth of work and try to cram it into one tomorrow, it doesn’t fit; at least that’s what my teachers in college kept telling me. I said “it was multi-tasking”, they said “it was a mess”. I said “it was to much work”, they said “it was to little effort”. And so on. They did not seem to care about that place I longingly and lovingly referred to as tomorrow. Imagine that!
It is interesting if you listen to most motivational speakers all they are trying to do is to get people who are spinning their wheels in yesterday or tomorrow to face the responsibilities and opportunities of today. Stop procrastinating, get out of your chair, make a decision and do something, NOW!
Tomorrow is the lazy mans refuge
Whenever the lazy man is confronted with his laziness, he always runs to his favorite hiding place - tomorrow. For the lazy person, tomorrow is a very present help in time of trouble.
Tomorrow is where we give ourselves the benefit of the doubt.
If people would only judge me based on my projected performance in my tomorrows, I wouldn’t look like such a - well, whatever.. I would love for you to see the real me. Yes, I realize I just yelled at you a few minutes ago, but today has not been a good day. What are you doing tomorrow?
Tomorrow will haunt the condemned forever
Hell is going to be full of people who were going to come to Christ tomorrow. That is why the bible always speaks of salvation with one day in mind. TODAY is the day of salvation Hebrews 4.
Tomorrow is where the heart shows it’s true colors.
The heart knows the right thing to do. How do we know that? Because of what it is promising to do tomorrow. It knows what needs to be done. That’s why James says if we “know to do good and do not do it, it is sin.” The heart knows what it should do and promises to do it tomorrow instead of today. God says that is unacceptable. Promising to do what is right tomorrow condemns us. We are giving testimony that we are are not ignorant but rather unwilling to obey God today. We deceive ourselves into believing tomorrow will be different. However, the reality is, if I am not willing to do something today, that same unwillingness, those same habit patterns follow me into tomorrow.
“Do not boast about tomorrow…” If you know what to do, do it today.
Listen to Proverbs 3:27-28 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
Reality is, I don’t do all that well in my todays. Today is hard, I need an escape. I want to give my wife hope, my children something to look forward to, I want to convince my boss not to fire me, so I boast about tomorrow……! I promise tomorrow..., I’ll do better tomorrow..., “we’ll start the day tomorrow with a song or two…” It will be great! Lets face it - there are a couple reasons the Bible says “Do not boast about tomorrow…”
1. No one knows what a day will bring forth
2. No one believes you anyway.
The wonderful truth is that God gives us grace and and strength for today not tomorrow. God has promised those who know Him a glorious future and a bright hope with Him for eternity, but He has not promised us tomorrow. So do not boast about tomorrow, but rather trust in God’s wisdom and power to accomplish what he wants us to accomplish today for His glory. It’s not what we are going to do that matters, it’s what we are doing that matters for eternity. Our tomorrows are in God’s hand, leave them there and trust Him and serve Him today.
Matthew 6:34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, …”
Phil. 4:13 “we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us” TODAY.