Are you having a bumpy ride? Be reassured. As a Christian, you’re safely strapped into a three-point harness: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Uncertainty
Author Unknown
If you can trust a puzzle company to make sure every piece is in the box to complete the puzzle, then why can’t you trust God that every piece of your life is there for a reason?
Mike Bickle
Part of the process of spiritual maturity is coming to the edge of our understanding, then walking on ahead without knowing what will happen next. God sometimes calls us, as He called Peter, to walk on water—to proceed in faith, but with uncertainty. Walking in darkness as it is used here doesn’t refer to moral darkness that comes from sin or demonic oppression. It simply means walking in unknown territory without clear light and reassuring direction. God’s silence forces us to grow in our confidence in Him as a person while we walk through the darkness, lacking a sense of direction. We eventually realize He was nearby all along. In this way, we develop our own personal history with God.
Madeleine L’Engle
It’s a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand.
Katherine Walden
When a new revelation comes to us it can be disconcerting. Our world looks different! We are not sure how we fit in. Our view of our friends and family and the world we live in is no longer the same. Old habits and patterns have to be set aside. Fresh revelation brings new clarity. More often than not, new clarity demands a heart change.
Ginny Arnt
Sometimes I ponder the whys of life. It seems to me I’ve been handed a strange assortment of circumstances with which to contend. I’ve even complained that I’ve not liked the way things were going, and then I stop and look back on my life and see how God has worked and put everything together so beautifully. My life’s been full of challenges God has turned into blessings, and my “Why God?” has turned into a triumphant “Why not!”
Author Unknown
Your Father is as near when you journey through the dark tunnel as when you journey under the open heaven!
Vernon Paterson
There are always uncertainties ahead, but there is always one certainty–God’s will is good.
Sadhu Sundar Singh
When we are in the dark we know through our sense of touch what kind of object we are holding in our hands, whether it is a stick or a snake. Both can be felt in the darkness, but we can see them only in the light. So long as we are not in the light we grope and stumble about, and we cannot see true reality. The man who does not believe in Divine Light is still in darkness. What then shall we do to come to the Light? We must step out of the darkness and approach the Light; that is, we must kneel before our Saviour and pray to Him fervently. Then we shall be bathed in His Light, and we shall see everything clearly.