But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. (Matthew 5:37 NKJV)
Confidence
The most annoying statement from my Garmin is, “recalculating.” Garmin says it when the data in her brain does not match the perceived situation on the road. Either I have made a wrong turn, or the road has been altered, or circumstances do not permit me to follow Garmin’s path.
Our society, whether voiced by the news media, by the entertainment industry, by textbook companies, by old men on front porches, or by the supposedly inerrant internet, seems to be in permanent recalculation. Data appears to be updating faster than we can keep up. Wrong turns abound. Life’s roads are usually under construction. Circumstances alter and shift and slip.
And so the world is unwilling to say simply ‘yes,’ or ‘no.’
But our minds, hearts, and even souls yearn for surety.
And we have it. Not in our own cleverness, interpretation of experience, or breadth of vision… but in the One who knows all things, because He is creator, upholder, and protector.
Our ‘yes’ can be ‘yes’ when we are lined up with HIS, Jesus’ ‘yes.’ Our ‘no’ can be ‘no’ when we are lined up with HIS, Jesus’ ‘no.’
The rest of the time we get to keep our mouths shut.
We are peculiar, we can have that confidence.