Trust in a Time of Uncertainty
Many people don’t like surprises. Most people struggle with change. Even those who enjoy change, only enjoy it when they are fully in control of every aspect of it, when it is something they’ve chosen for themselves. NOBODY likes the kinds of changes that have been thrust on us over the last couple weeks: broad, sweeping, terrifying changes on an unknown timeline, disrupting our lives in unpredictable ways, confronting us with an uncertain future. How do we live in the light of this kind of uncertainty? How do we stay in control when life is out of control? How do we learn to lean into God when it seems that we can’t trust anything in our lives? How do we trust in times of uncertainty?
Many people don’t like surprises. Most people struggle with change. Even those who enjoy change, only enjoy it when they are fully in control of every aspect of it, when it is something they’ve chosen for themselves. NOBODY likes the kinds of changes that have been thrust on us over the last couple weeks: broad, sweeping, terrifying changes on an unknown timeline, disrupting our lives in unpredictable ways, confronting us with an uncertain future. How do we live in the light of this kind of uncertainty? How do we stay in control when life is out of control? How do we learn to lean into God when it seems that we can’t trust anything in our lives? How do we trust in times of uncertainty?
