For Certain

Some things we take for ... certain. When did you last wonder if a chair would collapse if you sat in it? When were you last unsure a light switch would produce light? Do you even recall the last time you lacked faith that water would come when you turned the handle? There are certainly ... 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 are seen as opportunities for work for His divine Hand. "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)
Friend, God is in control. Uncertainties quickly become certainties when we determine to simply 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 is certain, but not hopelessness. Sorrow and pain will certainly come, but not without joy. There is always perfect rest, perfect peace in The One who is for ... certain.