Tomorrow Never Comes

“Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts…”

(Hebrews 3:15, NIV)

The other day, I visited a good friend of mine, a wise and godly man who is 91 years old and confined to his bed. I visit him weekly, offering whatever encouragement I can, but it's always me who walks away feeling blessed.

During our time together, I reminded him that today is a unique gift from God, saying, "Today is the only Monday, March 31, 2025, that has ever existed in time and eternity." He paused and replied, "Wow, I guess that’s right."

I went on to say, "Yesterday is gone, and tomorrow is uncertain. Today is all we have—it’s a gift.” My friend smiled knowingly and said, "You know, tomorrow never comes." Then, with a twinkle in his eye, he asked, "Did I ever tell you about the bar in New York?"

I hadn’t heard the story, so he shared what I thought was a memory from his younger days. He told me about a bar in New York with a sign on the wall that read, “Free Beer Tomorrow”—where one guy kept coming back every day for his free beer, and the bartender would always say, “Nope, read the sign.”

As I chuckled at the old joke, my friend smiled and repeated, "Tomorrow never comes."

And that isn't a joke—it’s the truth.

The Enemy deceives us with the illusion of a tomorrow that never comes. He whispers, "There will be time later to get things right. Tomorrow, you’ll make that change. Tomorrow, you’ll turn to God." But the truth is, tomorrow never arrives. We have “plans” and put things off, thinking, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” But then we look back months, even years later, and realize all we have is a bunch of empty yesterdays.

Scripture pleads with us: "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts." Not tomorrow—today. When we hear God's voice—whether it's a gentle nudge to forgive, a prompting to step into something new, or a call to repentance—and we delay, saying, “not yet,” we begin to close off the tenderness and trust that a “yes” to God requires. Over time, that repeated “not yet” becomes a hard-hearted “no” without us even realizing it.

God’s invitation to “today”  isn’t for when life settles down or when we feel more ready—it’s for now. God is speaking to us in this moment, calling us to surrender, to reconcile, to create, to live fully in Him.

Lean into Jesus. Act now, because… tomorrow never comes.