We do not know what to do
Read in your Bible: 2 Chronicles 19–21.
Jehoshaphat instructs judges to act faithfully, then faces a threatening coalition. His public prayer admits the people's inability and turns their attention toward God. The account's deliverance sits beside the continuing need for responsible leadership and moral discernment.
Admitting uncertainty can be an act of faith rather than a leadership failure. Prayer does not require pretending to possess a solution. This particular victory is not a promise that every conflict will resolve without struggle, but it encourages honest dependence instead of a performance of control.
Name one situation in which you do not know what to do. Pray honestly and seek the practical counsel available. If others depend on you, communicate uncertainty responsibly rather than covering it with confident claims you cannot support.
Related reading and source notes.
Read the Bible passage first. These notes identify related Ellen G. White chapters; a related reading is not a claim that she wrote this interpretation. Any direct quotations are marked separately. The explanations and applications are The Earl Project’s own.
1Steps to Christ · Chapter 11—The Privilege of PrayerSC, chapter 11
White's chapter on the privilege of prayer is thematic related reading on bringing need and uncertainty before God with sincere dependence.
Read alongside: 2 Chronicles 19–21
Read the original chapter on EGW Writings ↗A question to sit with
Where would an honest admission of uncertainty help me seek better guidance?
Write down a difficult question and seek both prayerful reflection and competent practical advice.
Let us pray
God of wisdom, I bring You what I cannot solve. Steady my attention, guide the help I seek and give me courage to act faithfully without pretending that I already know every answer. Amen.
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An original interpretation from The Earl Project, written from an Adventist understanding of Scripture. It is not an official church publication. Read alongside the beliefs that inform these reflections. Scripture quoted from the King James Version. Ellen G. White sources are cited separately from The Earl Project’s original interpretation.