There is much talk and prayer about our times of uncertainty, lately. Only last summer there was not nearly as much of this palpable anxiety in the parlance of the news-gathering and social media mainstream. No matter.
We can truly take heart that there is no uncertainty and thus release the adversary's anxiety to the wind. The Lord has already destroyed our death --- and:
All time belongs to God.
Nothing that belongs to God is uncertain. We can take great comfort knowing that there are no uncertain times. Not even the Great Flood nor the Babylonian captivity was a time of uncertainty.
It is written: All which we now behold will come to an increasingly well-understood and extremely specific end.
Today -- we also, mercifully, live with the certainty that we have been saved by the blood of Jesus.
The uncertainty we experience is of our own making -- especially the uncertainty which can follow according to the manner in which we react to events beyond our control.
The uncertainty we are all subject to experiencing is of our own making: our behavior, perspective, our reactions, and our choices -- and we need to pray for guidance to help us to be quite certain of what we do with each these -- and how they each reflect the will of the Lord. This is because things will certainly continue to happen in our clear and present fallen state:
To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;
A time to weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to gain,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And a time to throw away;
A time to tear,
And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
And a time to speak;
A time to love,
And a time to hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 NKJV
Uncertainty did not make the list. Thank God.
There is no time of uncertainty that is not of our own fabrication. In the Lord, we know how the story ends.
Let us strive for the faith of Daniel -- for whom even the greatest fires, wild beasts, and kings of the earth were no match, and of no consequence..
God bless