Tired of Uncertainty

Are you ever tired of uncertainty?

I'm not sure if I can think of a single friend or family that would answer no to that question because the truth is we all have uncertain circumstances in our lives on a daily bases.

Some have more uncertainties than others.

I know people who are thinking;

"Will i be the next to lose my job?"

"How do we feed our children?"

"How will I pay for the doctor's bill?"

"What about rent?"

"Can my marriage survive this?"

"Will I get through this difficult time?"

"What will we do now?"

"Will any of it come to an end?"

I know right now my uncertainties over Carl's current job and his possible future jobs, as well as of not knowing exactly when the baby will come; can and has often produced a lot of anxiety.

I think that there is a part of me that wishes this baby would just come so at least 1 uncertainty out of many that i haven't been able to list would no longer be uncertain.

Now many of you aren't about to have a baby and are probably thinking, "Just relax, enjoy because you won't have it once that baby does come." And you know what, you're absolutely right. But i can't help but think how many of you have your own wish list? In general, how many of us have people telling us all right now to "relax" over our wish list and how many of us really find that an easy thing to do?

Don't we all though just want the uncertainties to disappear at times. We want to be able to see Gods plan laid out before us so we can say "So that's what I need to do." Or "So that's what I need to expect." I know that I do.

However, for some divine reason, God has chosen not to give us that luxury. BUT, i love that three letter word, he has given to Christians a promise.

Mathew 6: 25-30 says...

25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[a]?

28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?"

I, too often, have little faith.

I read something today that John Piper wrote about anxiety in His book Life As A Vapor and I would like to share it with you now.

"Do not be axious about your life" (Luke 12:22) does not mean: Walk on red (at least not always). It means don't fantasize nervously about getting pasted in the crosswalk. It means believe that, if you do get pasted, God is still in control and you will be with Him and He will take care of your family."

I know that I need to trust and believe that God is in control and that He will take care of me and my family.

I need to put my wish list down and be with HIM everyday.