Who Is Tired Of Uncertainty

She was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!”

“GOOD AFTERNOON. This is Crystal Bellmore calling.” The voice mails all began the same way. Crystal was the information liaison for the district where my kids attended school in March 2020, and each of her automated and prerecorded phone calls brought a new level of uncertainty to our already disrupted lives.

Her first call informed us that a parent in the district had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and had been in a school building while symptomatic. Due to privacy concerns, Crystal couldn’t tell us which building the parent had visited, but she let us know that every school in the district would be closed until they could all be cleaned.

As the events of that month unfolded across the world, Crystal called to let us know that the schools would stay closed “for just a few more weeks.” As the reopening date approached, we received another automated call informing us that state government was recommending all schools stay closed until further notice.

As parents, we just wanted our children to be safe. That time was full of unanswered questions and chaos. We didn’t know what was coming next, but we wanted to make the right choices for our kids. All we could do was trust God and pray.

The early church also faced a time of great unpredictability shortly after James, the brother of John, had been captured and put to death by the sword. Now the authorities had placed Peter in chains and put him in prison under guard. There was much persecution of the church by the religious and government leaders. Everyone was waiting to see what would happen next.

The authorities planned to put Peter on trial after the Feast of the Passover. Meanwhile, “the church was earnestly praying to God for him” (Acts 12:5). To those on the outside, the power seemed to be with those keeping Peter bound, but the church knew who the source of their true strength was. So they prayed.

While they were praying, the answer was already on its way. An angel had come to the prison and brought Peter past the gates and guards and through the city to safety. When he arrived at the house where the people were praying, Peter knocked. Rhoda, a servant, came to the door. “When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, ‘Peter is at the door!’”

Momma, in the times of greatest trouble, the most powerful weapon we have is the power of prayer. The apostle Paul reminds us: “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds” (2 Corinthians 10:4). Just like the early church prayed for Peter and the angel came to release him from prison, our prayers have the power to pull down anything that has a stronghold in our lives.

Tonight we encourage you to wield the most powerful weapon of prayer against difficulty and confusion. Watch as the answers come. Recognize them. Open the door and receive them.

Tonight we pray for the momma who is tired of uncertainty. Lord, life lately has been a lot. It has been full of unanswered questions, second-guessing, and unexpected change. She’s tired of wondering and waiting. There is a lot taking place in her heart and home, and she needs the assurance that You have it all under control. Lord, please be with this momma tonight. Please be her hope and peace. Help her rest and know that You are working it out.

We ask in Jesus’s name, amen.

Father, thank You for remaining constant despite the world changing around me. Help me see that You have these issues under control...