“They should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us” -Acts 17:27
If there is one thing that makes me uncomfortable, it’s uncertainty.
When faced with uncertain situations, I tend to tighten my grip on anything I can, just trying to hold the all things together. I have to make a real effort to give it to God.
As a follower of Jesus, I want to trust God wholeheartedly. I want to surrender my desire to control to His capable hands. But if I’m honest, the minute things feel uncertain, I am propelled to feel fear more than I remember God’s sovereignty.
No matter how we try to understand how the world works. God knows everything. He is in control of it all. Isaiah 55:8-9 Jesus, tells us, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
The God who made the world and everything in it – He is Lord of heaven and earth. He did this so that we might seek God, and perhaps might reach out and find Him. Though our uncertainty may make us feel like we are in darkness, God is the light that is with us and guides us.
Everything we face in life can make us feel uncomfortable, the God of all will comfort us right where we are. As believers, we can count on the certainty of God’s nearness. God is near, and therefore hope is near.
Even in uncertainty, we can keep moving forward with steps of faith, trusting that every detail of our lives is held in the firm and faithful hands of God.
