Praying for comfort when facing the unknown
Piggy-backing off praying for your own ignorance!
If you are anything like me, then the unknown is simultaneously terrifying and thrilling to you.
I genuinely really enjoy having no idea what I am doing and just being thrown into something.
I have lived most of my life by the motto “you either sink or swim.”
I throw myself into projects I am wholly unprepared for and just start absorbing as much information as I can to give it my best shot.
Starting my own business in 2020 was an exciting time for me! But…if I’m being honest, I was scared out of my mind the whole way through.
I had a family to provide for and I had never done so much as take a marketing class in college. I knew absolutely nothing about SEO, copywriting, content marketing, etc.
And here I was starting my own business doing exactly all of that!
Then, I embarked on the journey of actually publishing my book, marketing it, and keep writing (still working on publishing #2).
I have spent a lot of time wading through the unknown (most of it I was gladly wading through it).
But, deep down, I spent a lot of time asking for God to just magically make things happen and to encourage me that I was doing the right and show me a sign that things were working or moving in the right direction and…
…I could go on, but I’ll stop there. I think you get it.
Because I realize now, 3 years into it, my business having basically collapsed to a small side hustle and my book just doing “meh” over all, that I should have spent more time praying for comfort in the unknown and just trust that God knew what was going on.
I’m not saying I did anything wrong exactly, but I didn’t do things exactly right either.
Again, Jesus tells us in the Sermon on the Mount to trust and rely on God, to not worry about the details, and to trust that God loves us and cares for us more than flowers and birds (and they seem to do alright).
So maybe praying for comfort through the unknown and just recognizing that the unknown is part of life…makes a lot more sense than trying to figure out what is going to happen next…
…just food for thought…
My prayer for today
Our Father, thank you for the way you have provided for me in the past. Jesus, thank you for being with me in the present. Spirit, thank you for comforting me as I move forward into the unknown. Amen.
Remember
The more you rely on God, the more the unknown becomes less intimidating. Because you know where your helps and sustenance comes from through it all. And doesn’t that sound…nice? Give over those fears to God in prayer with something like, “Our Father, I give over my restlessness about my future. I want to trust that you will provide for me, and I will do my best in the meantime.”
Give it a shot. What have you got to lose??