I was a sophomore in high school and just walked in the door when my parents gave me the news.
I was NOT happy. It had been the first time in my life that I did not want to move. Before this, we had already moved nine times. I wanted to finish high school at the same high school. I protested but was quickly brought in line. I did not like what the future held for me. It was more uncertain than ever.
Uncertainty is the part of life I really don’t like yet I find myself in it again.
The election has really thrown my life into uncertainty about the future. Believe it or not, all of our lives are about to change in ways we never thought it would. While the election plays a big part of it, there are other variables too. I am not as young as I used to be. I want to be in the best possible place for the security of our future. That’s a lot to consider.
Life has many twists and turns along the way. Sometimes we anticipate what is coming but many times we don’t. We find ourselves in an unexpected place with a decision about our next move. We also agonize over making the right decision. We get out the pro/con list, we ask for the opinions of others and we search ourselves for the tradeoffs that we are willing or not willing to make.
I have heard many times to “trust God”. I have done that and I will again. Does that guarantee the right choice? No. Sometimes we still make a choice not knowing whether it was the right decision or not until years down the road when we can look back and reflect. I will be honest. It is very difficult to trust God. I’m always big about looking for signs but I have also learned that we can’t always depend on signs alone but to equally balance it out.
There have been times when decisions I have made appeared to be wrong but I realized later that God had a purpose in the path I had taken. Sometimes God puts us in a holding place until the timing of the right place opens up to line up with His timing.
Is the uncertainty scary? Yes, it absolutely is. Even being a believer can make decisions about the future scary.
I heard a preacher once who said to trust an uncertain future to an all-knowing God. This is hard for us because we want to control everything but the reality is that we don’t really control anything. We can have the assurance that even if we make the wrong choice that God is not stressed about it like we are. He can still take that and work it for His will — and — our best interest. I know because He has done it for me in my own life.
Can you be 100% sure that you are always making the right decision about your future? I don't really know that exists but one thing I always remind myself is that I can only make decisions on what I know - not what I don't know. That's all we can do. We figure it out as we go.
