by Rev. Dr. David Dubovich
Sports can be unpredictable, especially High School sports. That’s what captivates us and makes fans out of even the most casual spectator. We don’t know how the game is going to unfold and so we invest time and emotion for an hour or two. Sure, there are parents and grandparents that love their kids and want to see them excel while they have fun.
There may even be a few alumni who are proudly waving their school’s banner, but there are a lot of fans who don’t have a child in the game that enjoy the entertainment of watching a contest unfold…no script, no guarantees.
The unpredictability of life is not always so thrilling, however. We devise and strategize. We make plans, projections, and proposals about what we would like to see happen in life, but often they are little more than our best guess. We have no idea what a year, a month, a week, or even a day might bring. So, we pray and plan, and then we trust the God who knows fully and completely what we can never predict. That is why I love the promise of Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
Life is unpredictable. There are countless things I can never know with certainty. What I can know, however, is that there is a God who knows everything and loves me deeply. And by knowing Him, I can “be still”—I can be at peace. “Knowing Him” is not found in simply practicing an empty religion. This peace is only found in a relationship with the One who created you to have a relationship with Him through Jesus. Turns out Jesus can be the most predictable part of your life if you’ll simply believe Him.
God bless you on your journey!