![]() The spiritual life is the life of a child. Jesus said, “…unless you…become as little children…” ( Matthew 18:3). That is not believing God– it is only believing our belief about Him. ![]() When we become simply a promoter or a defender of a particular belief, something within us dies. As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill our lives with surprises. We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. This is generally expressed with a sigh of sadness, but it should be an expression of breathless expectation. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, not knowing what tomorrow may bring. ![]() Our common sense says, “Well, what if I were in that circumstance?” We cannot presume to see ourselves in any circumstance in which we have never been.Ĭertainty is the mark of the commonsense life– gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. ![]() The nature of the spiritual life is that we are certain in our uncertainty. ![]() We think that we must reach some predetermined goal, but that is not the nature of the spiritual life. Our natural inclination is to be so precise– trying always to forecast accurately what will happen next– that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing. ![]()
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