Experienced Christians learn that the life of victory must be lived one moment at a time. There is manna for the day. We do not receive Tuesday's grace on Monday. There always is grace and strength for the moment if we are living in the light of Christ's Presence.
If you are like me, you will have a struggle learning to live a moment at a time. I always have been a worrier. A worrier is someone who tends to live in the future rather than in the present. This is not wise, because one—we do not know what actually will take place in the future; and two—there is no grace for the future.
One way of learning to live in the present is to take our fears one at a time and pray until we have peace that God has heard us.
Another practice is to pray concerning the symptoms rather than what we think the symptoms indicate. We may have recurring headaches. Before we go to the doctor we might ask the Lord to remove the headaches. Then, if they persist after direct prayer, we might ask the Lord about going to the doctor.
We may need new glasses, for example, so we probably will not get an answer to direct prayer for the headaches until we get new glasses. Perhaps the Lord will lead us to go to the doctor.
But I think too often people do not pray directly against the symptom but worry about possibly having a brain tumor. Never be afraid to go to the doctor; but pray first. The headaches may stop. This is part of living in the present.
