Certainties

Some things we assume are certain. For example, when did you last wonder [before you sat in it] if a chair would collapse? When were you last unsure [before you flipped it] a light switch would produce light? Did you hesitate before you turned the knob on the faucet, wondering if water would come out?  See, there are assumptions of certainties in our lives.

God is many things, but He is certainly ... certain. Uncertainties are certain today: fathers do not always come home, children do not always bring honor, healthy lifestyles do not always guarantee good health, wealth and happiness are not always best friends. For those who have His Spirit, however, a life of uncertainties is full of opportunities for divine work. "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!" (Matthew 7:7-11)   Know this, friend, God is in control. When we trust in Him, uncertainties become certainties, impossibilities become possibilities.  Just trust Him. Oswald Chambers writes, "God is my Father, He loves me, and I will never think of anything that He will forget, so why should I worry?" There will be certain dark moments, but not darkness. Discouragement will come, but not hopelessness. Sorrow and pain pass through, but joy remains. There is always perfect rest, perfect peace in the One who is for ... certain.

Dear Lord,
I praise You and thank You for being my Stronghold -- that which is certain in a world of uncertainty. In Jesus' Name, Amen.