Certainty In Uncertain Times

​2020. A year of uncertainty.
 
Uncertainty is a watchword for this hour in which you and I live. Every where we turn, people are talking about uncertainty. Families, individuals, businesses, governments, churches, non-profit organizations are uncertain about the near and far future.
 
Covid-19 virus, illness, loss of loved ones, a divided nation, anarchy, riots and looting in our cities, open assault on Constitutional liberties, hateful attacks on Christianity, unrestrained, degrading immorality, economic decline, financial hardship and terrorist threats…all spell uncertainty and insecurity for many people.
 
To be certain means to be settled, fixed, sure, assured, proven to be true, incapable of failing. Uncertainty is just the opposite. Uncertainty can be unnerving at best, frightening at worst. Uncertainty breeds fear. Fear feeds uncertainty. Certainty breeds faith. Faith feeds certainty.
 
The Apostle Paul in the Bible lived and ministered the Good News of Jesus Christ in times much like ours. Uncertainty abounded. But he was certain about one thing. In
II Timothy 1:12, Paul personally declared “For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.”                                             
 
During seasons of suffering, Paul was not ashamed. Why? Because he was certain about his relationship with Jesus Christ. Paul was convinced that God would guard everything that he had entrusted to the Lord when he became a Christian.
 
Paul walked by faith as a convinced, confident, conquering Christian in a culture that opposed the gospel because he was certain the Lord would watch over him. His certainty kept him secure in his faith, causing him to rise triumphantly over uncertainty.
 
Ten Things Christians Can Be Certain Of In Uncertain Times.  

• God’s LOVE Is Certain

                   His love is unconditional, unchanging and never ending.    Micah 7:18-20

• God’s GRACE Is Certain

                  His grace is sufficient for every situation.                 II Corinthians 12:9-10
 
 

• God’s MERCY Is Certain

                  His lovingkindness/mercy is new every morning.      Lamentations 3:22-23

• God’s PRESENCE Is Certain

                  He is with us in every life circumstance and will never leave us.
  Matthew 28:20, Hebrews 13:5-6

• God’s GUIDANCE Is Certain

                  He will give us direction in every season of life.                      Isaiah 58:11

• God’s WISDOM Is Certain

                  His wisdom from above answers every human dilemma. 
           James 1:5, 3:17-18

• God’s PROTECTION Is Certain

                  He watches over His own.                                                       Psalm 18:1-6

• God’s CONTROL Is Certain

                  His will will be done from beginning to end.              Revelation 22:12-13

• God’s POWER Is Certain.

                  His power is our power through the Holy Spirit.       Psalm 62:11, Acts 1:8

• God’s PROMISES Are Certain

                  His magnificent promises will all be fulfilled in Christ.          II Peter 2:1-4
 
Considering the above, I encourage you to trust in the One you know can be trusted.
Focus on what you know, not what you do not know. Be certain about what you are certain about. Reject the world’s bad news. Receive the Word’s Good News. Spend time with people who love the Lord and build up your faith.
           
God always has and always will take care of His business. As a believer in Christ you are His business. You can be certain, as a son or daughter of God, that your Heavenly Father will take care of you in these uncertain times.
 
You can be certain in uncertain times when you trust God to meet your every need through faith in His Son Jesus Christ.
 
How certain is your faith in Christ in the waning months of 2020? Are you unashamed of Jesus Christ and trusting Him for every area of your life?
 
“My soul waits in silence for God only; from Him is my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation. My stronghold, I shall not be greatly shaken.”                         Psalm 62:1-
 
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore, we will not fear, though the earth should change, and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its swelling pride.”                                                                                                                            Psalm 46:1-3
 
 A Word For Your Week: Certainty is found in Jesus Christ.