I’ve grown to love uncertainties. I think it’s the best thing that can happen to anyone. 

I recall moments just after my college years when my heart felt like a ticking clock; with every beat, it felt like I was running out of time.

I found myself asking myself questions like, “Will 24 hours ever be enough?” “Will I ever be successful, given the demand success requires?” “Can I ever be relevant and productive the way God wants?”

I had a plan. 

As long as I have known myself, I never ran without a course or at least an idea that I’d make sure of my pursuit. Every bit of that idea was well thought out and practical. 

It featured all the things I understood about God’s plan for my life, but it didn’t take long before it started to resemble the strange language of uncertainty.

But God also had a plan. 

Regardless of your stage in life, uncertainty is a line everyone must cross to get to the other side. 

However, dealing with these moments of uncertainty can be overwhelming. Sometimes, you may feel strongly that you’re on the right track, but then it’s just a denial of the fact that you’re lost and confused.

Other times, it’s a complete overhaul of the fear of sinking. A fear of taking the next step in the sea like Peter even though Jesus is right in front of you. 

However, no matter what tongue UNCERTAINTY speaks, there’s always a common denominator – God, the One who sees and guides you even through the dark places.

As I have discovered in my experience, one of the hardest things to do in such situations is to give up control.  

It should be the easiest but human nature itself is riddled with infirmities. Infirmities that are powered by the five senses, with a need to see and feel before taking a step. 

So it’s okay if we say concerning human nature “We walk by sight and not by faith” 

However, faith is the highway God creates for us to walk in times of uncertainty. 

A walk of confidence knowing that he becomes the five senses of our perception. Yeah, that’s true, “In faith, God’s senses become your sense of perception” 

God’s plan is that “We walk by faith, and not by sight”

And at this moment, only one thing is required – Surrender. 

The reality of life and the world system began far before we were born, including the troubles and all the challenges that accompany the decision to succeed. 

So surrendering and trusting in God is like having to tell the world systems, “Hey, I’m older than you.” 

Meaning, that you have the wisdom and strategy through God to rise above its vicissitudes. To overcome the world, just as how Jesus said in the scriptures “Be of good cheers, I have overcome the world”. 

So yes, my friend, you have overcome the world. That’s the first confidence everyone must have, even in uncertain times. 

It’s a confidence built on faith and absolute surrender in God. There’s no shadow, he won’t light up, and there’s no lie; he won’t dispell, just to get through to you.

That’s how committed he is to helping and guiding us as he did for me in my uncertain moments. 

But the how is what makes the despair greater—the question of how to trust and surrender when I’m obviously drowning.

Trusting God requires practice and patience. 

In my experience, I discovered that each time I practised trusting God’s leading, it made me more aware and conscious of his voice. And this is where many people have issues most of the time: the question of “how do I know it’s God speaking to me?” 

Well, as the old saying goes, practice makes perfect. Why do you not find it hard to identify the voice of a loved one in the midst of the crowd? The answer is simple – it’s the result of a consistent communication practice that has been built over the years. 

One strategy I personally use to achieve this is what I call, “Practising Daily Living”. 

It’s simply focusing on receiving instructions for each day without having to worry about tomorrow. It’s more like dealing with what is right in front of you rather than being anxious about what will happen in the next weeks, months, or years. 

Jesus said, “…Sufficient for the day is its own trouble, let tomorrow worry about itself”. You can’t successfully plan for next year if you haven’t planned for today. 

What you call the future isn’t in the next decades or months, it’s rather the next second, minute, or hour in front of you. What you do with that determines what happens afterwards. 

And this leads me to the second—patience. Results can be very encouraging, but they can also be the sword that amputates your progress if not properly understood. 

Water doesn’t start boiling once it is placed on fire. Boiling requires a process of time, meaning that there must be a proper build-up of heat to bring about the expected result. 100 degrees Celsius is only 100 because there are many numbers in between. 

We must learn to wait. Sometimes, we quit when we’re just at 99 degrees about to hit the mark because of the opposition we face. Other times we quit when we’re just at the 5 degree because we do not understand the process and demand of what we seek. 

Think of patience like waiting to board a plane you already have a ticket for. You’re not going to miss the flight, my friend. 

The practice of God’s voice secures the ticket and positions you in the airport, while patience keeps you waiting until you board the plane and arrive at your desired expectation. 

Hence, my conclusion from the many experiences I’ve had with uncertainty is that it’s only an excuse to master and learn God’s voice and leadings.

You can know it too.