In approximately 1250 B.C., God sent frogs to Egypt. It was a plague. Frogs in the flour. Frogs in the beds. Frogs everywhere a person might step, sit, or sleep. The plague was relentless, croaking chaos that drove a nation to its knees.
Finally, the Pharaoh had enough and asked Moses to take away the frogs. Moses asked him a rather odd question, “When do you want me to take away the frogs?” If that is an odd question, then the Pharaoh’s answer is downright bizarre. He answered, “Tomorrow!” (Exodus 8:10). It seems he wanted one more night with the frogs.
That’s weird, but maybe that’s the most human answer ever given. We all live in the land of tomorrow. Tomorrow we’ll forgive. Tomorrow we’ll call our mother. Tomorrow we’ll surrender our hearts to God. Tomorrow we’ll stop putting off what matters most.
Jesus met “tomorrow people” too. When He called, they responded with delay: “First let me bury my father… First let me say goodbye…” Always “first,” always “tomorrow.”
But here’s God’s gentle truth: Tomorrow isn’t promised. It’s a beautiful illusion, a comfortable lie we tell ourselves while blessings slip through our fingers like morning mist.
The Father who loves you isn’t asking you to be perfect tomorrow. He’s asking you to take one step today. To forgive today. To love today. To trust today.
Don’t spend another night with the frogs of procrastination, fear, or delay. Whatever God is calling you to do— that conversation, that decision, that act of courage—do it now!
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.