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Last week I ended up buying a book off of Amazon, and due to its location I was unable to get Prime two‑day shipping on it; therefore, I found myself having to do what every single one of us has to do every single day: I had to wait. For over seven days, I patiently waited for this book to arrive. Now, what I could have done on the fourth day of it not being here yet is fret and panic over the uncertainty of where the book was. I could have called customer service in a panic or a tizzy (new word I learned) to find out where exactly it was at and what was going on. But instead, I continued on in my daily life and simply waited and trusted that the delivery service will take care of the situation.

I bring up this story that none of you care about, because it got me thinking about how often I struggle to have this same heart attitude of patiently waiting when it comes to facing an unknown or uncertain circumstance in life. If we’re all being honest, I think it is easy when we face those moments in life to revert to responding in panic, trying to hustle and do everything we can to try to “fix” whatever uncertain event we’re facing. Because we live in a sin‑cursed world, we all have or will face uncertainties in this life. Here is your daily dose of good news for the day—You are guaranteed to face at least one, if not many, uncertain and unexplainable moments in this life that are completely out of your control. But when we face those times of uncertainty, how are we to respond?

In Psalm 27, David, amid so much uncertainty, writes a simple yet profound truth found in Scripture. He says, “Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.” David was facing imminent threats from his enemies and was very uncertain if he would have an escape. And in this dire moment of an uncertain situation, David chose to wait on the Lord for deliverance. Rather than trying to take the matters into his own hands and fight his way out using his own strength, he chose to trust in the Lord’s timing of deliverance.

My encouragement to us as followers of Jesus today is to consider how we are wrongly seeking to seize control of uncertain circumstances in our lives and seek to change that. Rather than walking through uncertainty with panic and fear, how are you waiting on the Lord in that time? When that situation hits where you are completely uncertain what to do or how it is going to turn out, do you run to prayer and trust in the Lord with it, or do you give in to fear and self‑reliance? With whatever ambiguous situation you are facing, whether it be a job uncertainty, a relationship uncertainty, a financial uncertainty, or anything in between, my challenge for you and myself is to be someone who waits on the Lord and His timing, provision, and plans, just like David did.

Serving Together, 

Bro. Luke