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Our Certain God



I am musing....

About our Certain God

 These are uncertain times.
I have never been more uncertain about our immediate future.

Yes. It is May of 2020 and Covid is on the global scene.
It is a household word, the number one news story, a daily reality.

It has effected life in a very real way.
Just yesterday I told my friends that "I miss my old life".
And I meant it.

I have an old life.
It was the life before March 15th.
The life before Covid and Quarantine.

It was a life of freedom and innocence and well....honestly, bliss.
Yes, I know.
Spoiled. Blessed.
I was thankful. Every day. I loved being able to go and connect and experience.

But now we have a "new life".
It is quieter. It is slower. It is less open. It is quarantined
It is uncertain.

But in this season, Jesus is saying....
"Child look to me.
Draw on me. On my grace. My righteousness. My love. My compassion. My Word."
I am Certain.
"I am"

Yes, God is certain.
He is always there.
He knows us inside and out.
He is refining us. Teaching us. Preparing us.

May He be using us.
As He wills. When He wills. He may have some new venture. Some new role and purpose.
Maybe after first taking time to sit with Him awhile longer. Basking in His Truths. Always.

There are disappointments. There is lack of closure and changed plans. Things we were looking so forward to have now been taken away. Maybe a trip, or graduation, or a wedding reception, or a get together with family and friends, being present at a grandchild's birthday party, or a concert, or something as simple as a night out to a favorite restaurant.

For many, it goes much deeper and much harder. Savings depleted. Jobs lost. Businesses failed. Marriages shaken. Children struggling. Vices rearing ugly heads. Depression looming. Despair calling. Anxiety peaking. Health declining. Loved ones dying.

Short quick statements. But if this is your reality, these statements exemplify a deep, life altering actuality.

No matter our circumstance, during this time of hard and uncertainly, how blessed those of us are who know our Certain Savior. May we hold on tight to the Truth of Romans 8:28 that all things work together for good to those who love God (which are those who have been called according to His purpose).

So if you find yourself overwhelmed or saddened by your "new life", your new reality....sit in this place for awhile. But do not sit alone. Sit with Jesus. He is a "man of sorrows and acquainted with grief". He will meet you there. Open your heart to Him. Be still and know that He is God. Our Certain God. He understands. And as you commune and meditate and share with Him...

He certainly will lead you to a new place of greater Purpose, greater Joy and greater Peace.

For He is our Certain God in this uncertain world. And He most certainly loves and cares for His own!

Ocean Sunset Cross Photograph by Daniel Appelt

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