The Danger of Tomorrow

The Tragedy of Not Today

2 Corinthians 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

One of the most tragic words ever spoken in Scripture is found in Pharaoh's response during the plague of frogs. Moses asked him, "When shall I entreat for thee?" (Exodus 8:9). Pharaoh had an opportunity to be delivered immediately from the plague that had overwhelmed Egypt. Instead of asking for relief at once, he answered, "To morrow." (Exodus 8:10). It is difficult to imagine why anyone would willingly endure another night surrounded by frogs when deliverance was available that very moment. Yet Pharaoh's reply reveals the deceptive power of procrastination. He delayed receiving what God was ready to do for him today, choosing instead to put it off until tomorrow.

Pharaoh's response was not an isolated decision but the beginning of a recurring pattern. Throughout the succeeding plagues, he repeatedly promised obedience, confessed his sin under pressure, and sought compromises rather than obedience to God's command. Each delay hardened his heart a little more. Every opportunity to humble himself before the Lord was met with hesitation, negotiation, or outright refusal. What began with the seemingly harmless word "Tomorrow" developed into a settled resistance against God's voice. Scripture demonstrates that delayed obedience is often the pathway to hardened unbelief.

The Cost of Procrastination 

The ultimate cost of Pharaoh's procrastination was catastrophic. His repeated "tomorrows" did not grant him additional opportunities to make a wise choice; instead, they hardened his heart further and sealed the fate of Egypt. By the time the final plague came—the death of the firstborn, there was no more room for postponement, no more negotiation, no more "to morrow." The delay that Pharaoh had engineered destroyed not only his own son but thousands of others. His strategy of buying time through empty promises backfired with terrible finality. What he believed he was controlling through delay actually controlled him, carrying him inexorably toward judgment.

The spiritual principle embedded in Pharaoh's tragedy is simple but devastating: procrastination in matters of ultimate importance is not a neutral choice, it is a choice with eternal weight. Pharaoh's "tomorrows" represented more than mere postponement; they represented a refusal to submit to truth when truth presented itself. Each delay was an act of rebellion that strengthened his resistance and diminished his capacity to turn. The lesson echoes through the centuries for all who hear it: the moment of decision cannot be indefinitely deferred without consequence.

Now, Is The Acceptable Time

The invitation God extends to you is for today, not tomorrow. You sit where Pharaoh sat, facing a choice that demands immediate response. The Holy Spirit speaks to you now, in this very hour, with the same urgency that Moses carried to Pharaoh, and yet with infinitely more compassion, for Christ died that you might be saved rather than condemned. Every "tomorrow" you whisper in your soul is a small act of rebellion against grace, a postponement of the very thing your eternal life depends upon.

Tomorrow is not promised to you. Your next breath is not guaranteed. The God who called to Pharaoh calls to you now with the words Paul carried to the Corinthians: "For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." This is your moment. This present instant is when the door stands open. This is when salvation is available. The accepted time is not some distant future, it is now. Your procrastination will not grant you leverage; it will only harden your heart as it hardened Pharaoh's.

Will you, like Pharaoh, say "to morrow" and watch as the opportunity passes? Or will you, unlike him, bend your knee today while grace still calls? The choice before you is as stark as it was before him, and the stakes are just as high, your eternal soul hangs in the balance. Let Pharaoh's tragedy teach you what his words could not: that now is always the acceptable time for salvation, and today is always the day of grace. Do not add yourself to the list of those who waited until it was too late.