What do you do when you can't see the way forward and every step feels uncertain?

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Today's Battle Drill Daily Devotional acknowledges something important through NHS England's 10-Year Health Plan - traditional approaches to mental health support aren't sufficient; we need care that meets people in their uncertainty. But what if you're living in that uncertainty right now and can't wait for better systems?

Exploring Isaiah 50:10, we discover that this verse doesn't promise immediate relief or guarantee clarity tomorrow. Instead, it calls us to trust amid uncertainty, to rely on God when we can't rely on our own understanding. You see, trust doesn't require complete understanding but confident dependence on God's character, even when his purposes remain unclear.

This episode reveals how genuine trust actually flourishes in the space between our questions and God's silence - not blind optimism, but confidence based on God's nature and past faithfulness. Like Cyrus, who couldn't see the end result but had to trust God's promise that treasure awaited in darkness, we're called to trust in the not-knowing. Trust in darkness is quieter, more deliberate, sometimes accompanied by tears, but greater in depth because it's harder-won.

Scripture: "If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the Lord and rely on your God" (Isaiah 50:10 NLT).

Call to Action: What one small step can you take today without seeing the full picture? Trust often begins with tiny acts of faith, not grand gestures of certainty.

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