Around In Circles!
"And it happened when the people heard the sound
of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great
shout, that the wall fell down flat."
Joshua 6: 20
Like crossword puzzles? If the clue is “uncertain outcome,”
there are few possible answers to scribble into the blocks:
Cliffhanger.
Tossup. Doubt. Venture. Dicey.
Sounds a lot like life, doesn’t it? We don’t know what
tomorrow holds. We don’t even know what
the next
hour will bring. That kind of uncertainty produces
virtually all our anxieties and fears.
Everything is different for followers of Christ. We may
not know immediate outcomes, but we know the One
who works all things for our good. We have a
God
who leads us, even if the path seems to go around
in circles.
The Israelites obeyed God by
faith as they made thirteen
circles around the city of Jericho, marching quietly until the
moment they gave the shout of victory. Even then, they
didn’t know exactly what would happen, but how thrilling
it was when the sturdy walls of the city began crumbling!
Don’t worry about uncertain outcomes.
Trust in the certainty of God and His
Word amid the uncertainties of life.
"If it were not for uncertainties,
we would have no need to
walk by faith."
Elisabeth Elliott
