None of us are immune from life’s “What if’s?”

And the last year of the pandemic has only served as a highlight reel of how uncertain our lives can be.

As I write this, my Whatsapp groups are inundated with messages about vaccines and viruses, with concern for loved ones and how to access care packages. India is now being slammed by the furious and seemingly uncontrolled second wave of the pandemic — and there are simply no guarantees.

Just a few days ago, a friend of my parents passed away from the virus. The news devastated hundreds as many held him in high regard as a man of God. He was a wonderful husband and a devoted dad. Along with his obituary was a picture of him from social media standing by a Happy New Year 2021 sign. He had captioned his photograph (that he had posted on Facebook earlier this year) with these words: “We do not know the future. But we know Who holds the future.”

Friends, those are true words. It reminds me of the words of a song I may have shared with you before:

I know who holds the future, And I know He holds my hand;
With God things don’t just happen, everything by Him is planned.
So as I face tomorrow with its problems large and small,
I’ll trust the God of miracles, give to Him my all!

Today, I’d like to share my newest devotional on the Bible App/ YouVersion which centers around this same theme.

Pray Your Way Through Uncertainty.

When I wrote this devotional last month for YouVersion, the situation we faced in terms of the pandemic didn’t seem dire. But, personally, I was awaiting some medical reports and didn’t know what lay around the corner for us. In the midst of the fog I found myself in, I needed to hold on to the truth of God’s Word. And I wrote this devotional almost as a ministry to myself!

Today, as I publish this, our medical situation, by the grace of God, is no longer daunting, but the pandemic is wreaking havoc across India.

Uncertainty. It weaves itself through all our lives.

No, this 5-day Bible Plan doesn’t have all the answers. And it won’t magically bring resolution to the situation you find yourself in.

But I do hope that as you read through the stories of these real-life Bible characters and dwell on the Word of God, you’ll know that you’re not alone.

I hope that you’ll know that the Sovereign, loving, kind, all-knowing God walks with you—every single step of the way.

I hope that through these short messages you will know that a sea of uncertainty may rage in different seasons of our lives, but God tells the waves how far they can go.

I hope that through these prayers you will sense God’s embrace and allow Him to hold you in His perfect peace.

Click on the link and join me in my 5-day Bible Plan on YouVersion/ The Bible App – Pray Your Way Through Uncertainty. You can also download a pdf version of the devotional here.

Edit (Apr 21 2021): The pdf originally had a typo on Day 2 (I’ve mistakenly said David instead of Joseph in one sentence). That has been corrected now.

 

 

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