The Certainty of Uncertainty

 

 

Uncertainty, the only certainty…

That’s how it now appears,

Many are worried and transfixed

As though spellbound by their fear.

The days ahead hold terror

And the unknown looms large,

Uncertainty like a raging lunatic

Is on a rampant charge.

It is as though the final season

Is coming to its inevitable end

And as a result, its up-tempo finale

Of uncertainty descends.

Lives of prior comfort and ease

Are severely disrupted

And the security once enjoyed

Can no longer be taken for granted.

The tried and tested bastions

Of the powerful and the rich

Are fast becoming rickety scaffolds

As though built in a swampy ditch.

The certain has become uncertain

It is just a wait and see

And the uncertain is now certain

As though it was meant to be.

Trust has exited the reality stage

And confidence has followed suit,

Tomorrow is now lived out today

Although an impossible route.

Tomorrow is viewed with suspicion

Where once there was certainty,

A promise could be counted on…

At least, that’s how it seemed to be.

  

The rules are being changed

And nothing is fixed any more,

Today was tomorrow’s yesterday

Not just the day before.

Next week was viewed with suspicion

And in some cases, next month

But tomorrow was anticipated

As an inevitable triumph.

Now today, tomorrow and beyond

Are all rolled into one

And the uncertainty presses sorely

With every passing dawn.

Trust no future however pleasant

You will find in A Psalm of Life

And no doubt the poet, Longfellow,

Was facing this same strife.

The certainty of the uncertainty

Is surely nothing new

For the Bible also points this out

As a practical everyday view.

James 4:13-15

Like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,

The apostle James points out

The certain uncertainty of tomorrow

And that is surely without doubt.

Tomorrow, I will do this or that…

For many this is the boast

But given the certain uncertainty

None knows what a day will bring forth.

God alone knows for certain,

There is no uncertainty with Him,

It is He that drew the time line…

He knows its end from the beginning.

  

Romans 8:28

It behooves us as dear children

To cast all uncertainties on God

Knowing that everything works for good

To all them that are the called.

Stewart Russell © April 2020