Leaders are in the business of trying, creating, exploring, and theorizing followed by testing, giving individuals a chance, revealing visions, and extending opportunities to a team. All of these actions have something in common: uncertainty.
As humans, it is only natural to crave clarity, direction, a sense of control—certainty. However, effective leadership, especially that of God-honoring leaders, is not a journey marked by certainty; it is a one marked by faith, persistence, and grit.
There were seasons when I did not know exactly where we were headed with our medical practices. Were we growing? Were we sustaining? Were we pivoting? There were late nights and early mornings where the weight of uncertainty sat on my chest like a boulder, and I had no roadmap to follow—only the conviction to persist and trust that God would illuminate the next step in due time.
Do you experience uncertainty? It is part of the journey of pushing forward, and the call for you today is to keep going.
Consider this. A crucible is a container that can withstand very high temperatures, used for melting metals or other substances. If you were to be put to the flame in the pursuit of progress, how much heat could you withstand? In the same way, uncertainty is a crucible where resilience is formed. The heat strips away false confidence, leaving only faith, forcing you to rely on God, not yourself. And when the heat begins to cool, you realize that the pain of uncertainty was not wasted. It shaped you. It strengthened you.
My Christ-following friend, if you want to grow your character in the area of resolve and resilience, expect and welcome the uncertainty that comes with obedience to your calling. It will be uncomfortable, it will stretch you, and it may feel like stumbling in the dark. But it is in this struggle that God teaches you to trust Him, to press on without all the answers, and to build the kind of resolve that can endure any storm. Withstand the fire—in faith—knowing that God is leading you through and making you strong.
