Good morning…
How will homebound kids bounce back from nearly a year of remote learning? How will the economy bounce back after its nosedive? How will hurting families bounce back from the loss of loved ones, unemployment, and food/housing insecurity? How will our churches bounce back into regular attendance? How will our communities bounce back after conflict, division, and opposing opinions? “We cannot bounce back,” said a commercial I saw yesterday. “We can only bounce forward.” Through the thick fog of right now, I sense this is true.
“I will lead those who are blind by a way they have not known,” God’s Word holds our hand. “In paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn darkness into light before them and uneven land into plains. These are the things I will do, and I will not leave them undone” (Isaiah 42:16, NASB).
Undone. That word kinda undoes me. I like done. Complete. Check the box, finished. I like baked, not half-baked. I like knowing, not not knowing.
Now faith means putting our full confidence in the things we hope for, it means being certain of things we cannot see… And it is after all only by faith that our minds accept as fact that the whole scheme of time and space was created by God’s command—that the world which we can see has come into being through principles which are invisible (Hebrews 11:1, 3, PHILLIPS).
I am confident that the Creator, who has begun such a great work among you, will not stop in mid-design but will keep perfecting… (Philippians 1:6a, VOICE).
Beloved, we are God’s children right now; however, it is not yet apparent what we will become (1 John 3:2a, TPT).
So as we bounce forward through the fog of right now, we can choose faith instead of fear, we can choose hope instead of having all the answers, we can choose to be certain of things we cannot see. Only by faith can our minds accept as fact that the whole scheme of time and space was created by God in the first place – that the world which we see has come into being though invisible principles – and, with those same invisible principles still graciously at work within and among us, we can be confident that our Creator will not stop in mid-design, but will keep perfecting each one of us into who we are becoming.
On foggy days and crystal clear ones, we can consistently choose faith, hope, and certain trust in the invisible God who assures, “I am making everything new!” (Revelation 21:5a, NIV).
…Sue…
