Copy of The Unknown, When Everything Changes

Have you ever had a moment when everything changed in an instant?

Not slowly. Not over time. Just one moment where the lights went out on everything you thought you knew.

Paul did.

He was walking down the road to Damascus, minding his business, not looking for direction because he knew what was next. At least he thought he did. What actually came next was a complete spiritual U-turn. He was redirected so hard that his name had to be changed.

When Saul became Paul, it wasn’t just a name change, it was a change of direction. The path he was so certain of disappeared, replaced by a calling he never saw coming.

And before Paul could take a single step forward, he lost his sight. The man who had been leading now had to be led. From Pharisee to can’t see. Turns out knowing the Law doesn’t help much when the lights go out.

(Acts 9:1-19)

And this is where it starts hitting home.

Maybe your story doesn’t look that dramatic. Maybe it was quieter than that. A conversation that shifted everything. A role you were faithful in no longer being yours to hold. A place you poured yourself into suddenly no longer fitting. A door that closed without warning. A relationship that changed. A diagnosis you weren’t prepared for. A plan that made sense until it didn’t. No blinding light, just the slow realization that what you thought was next… isn’t.

Because if we’re honest, most of us love control. We like plans and predictability. But when control slips away, it rarely does so quietly. We lose it suddenly. One moment we’re moving forward with a map in our hands, and the next we’re standing still, staring at a road we don’t recognize.

So now what? What’s next?

Paul waited. My least favorite instruction from God.

Pual didn't wait with answers in hand, He waited in the dark. No clarity. No control. Just time and obedience. And when God finally spoke, it wasn't a roadmap, only the next step.

Waiting without answers strips faith down to it's simplest form, obedience.

Paul’s obedience didn’t begin with movement, it began with stillness.

Sometimes faith doesn’t look like moving forward, it looks like staying put until God speaks again.

Abraham didn’t know where he was going, David didn’t know when it would change, and Paul didn’t know what was next, but God did. Hallelujah!

So wherever you are right now, stepping into the unknown, learning to wait, or standing still after everything changed, you’re not alone there. God meets us in every version of the unknown. And even when we don’t know where we’re going, how long it will take, or what comes next, He does.