It’s easy to think that if we knew what was going to happen next in our lives, we’d have fewer worries. Oftentimes, we blame our concerns and sleepless nights on uncertainty, wishing that we could just see into the future and find calm in understanding. But would that really work? Or would knowledge of the future simply add to our burdens? In a recent article for CT, Jen Wilkin encourages us to consider times in Scripture when God revealed the future to his people. In the case of Moses at the burning bush, for example, God tells him to go to Egypt and deliver the Israelites. “The result?” Wilkin writes. “Anxiety in the extreme. An unwillingness to follow. A crisis of identity. Clear words from the Lord yielded neither confidence nor peace for Moses.” Maybe knowing the future isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Instead, God guides us to find peace not in certainty about what is next, but in the fact that he will be with us in all of it. The fact that he knows and that he will stay alongside us? That is the great comfort when we fear the future.
Podcast of the Week
Viral Jesus Gen Z Needs Your Patience, Not Your Judgment Christian college students share their perspectives on mentoring, spiritual formation, and what their generation needs most from today’s leaders.
CTWeekly delivers the best content from ChristianityToday.com to your inbox each week. Sign Up Now
Advertisement
Follow Us:
CT's weekly newsletter highlighting the voices of women writers. We report on news and give our opinion on topics such as church, family, sexuality, discipleship, pop culture, and more!
CT Women Delivered free via email to subscribers weekly. Subscribe to this newsletter.
You are currently subscribed as newsletter@newslettercollector.com. Subscribe to more newsletters like this. Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe.
