A Poem: An Unknown Known
God calls us to an unknown known. We do not know what tomorrow brings; Even when we do know His will, We see a canvass painted in broad strokes. How can we walk confidently Into the unknown? How can we say “yes,” as Abraham did, To a place he will show us? He call us to the unknown In the midst of a holy known; Himself! He will never forsake. He will always guide. He will always empower. In the midst of all our unknowns, He is the known.
A Prayer: Knowing God’s Will (by Thomas Merton)
My Lord God… the fact that I think that I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it.
A Passage of Scripture: For Reflection
Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen. By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and set out for a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, even though he did not know where he was going. — Hebrews 11:1, 8 CSB