At Eastern University, where I taught for so many years, I would constantly encounter students who would ask a simple question: How can I know what God wants me to do with my life? What a question! But I could never answer the question because I'm not sure that Jesus wants us to look that far ahead. I'm convinced that what Jesus calls us to do is to solve this problem: What should I be doing today? He says quite pointedly, "Take no thought for tomorrow what ye shall eat, what ye shall drink. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."

Are you going to do what God wants you to do today? That's the ultimate question. Every day you should get up and say, "This is the day that the Lord has made. What does God want me to do? What does God want me to achieve this day?"