God Isn’t Asking Us to Hold It All Together

“He did this so that they might seek God, and perhaps they might reach out and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.” Acts 17:26 (CSB)

If there is one thing that makes me uncomfortable, it’s uncertainty.

When faced with uncertain situations, I tighten my grip on anything I can, just trying to hold all the pieces together. If I can keep things under control, maybe I can keep things from falling apart.

The problem is, the more I realize all that is outside of my control, the more panicked I become.

As a Christian, I want to trust God wholeheartedly. I want to surrender what I so desperately want to control into His capable hands. But if I’m honest, the minute things feel uncertain, I’m more propelled to feel scared than I am to remember God’s sovereignty.

Can you relate?

In processing this, I found myself in Acts 17. Here, we find Paul speaking to the people of Athens at the Areopagus. The Areopagus was a place filled with uncertainty. People would gather and talk for hours tryi…