I want to know
Wednesday, September 8
I want to know
The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29
No one wants to live in the dark. Mankind wants to know the answers to everything. We’re always on the go gaining more knowledge, continually searching seeking and exploring. Nothing wrong with that, even though we still know only a miniscule part of 1% of anything. But we aren’t satisfied. We want to know what will happen to us in the future. Will I be rich or poor, fall in love, have children, live to a ripe old age, if we do live to an old age will that come with sickness or lose my mental faculties, will I die young, will I have a fatal illness? Will I stumble? If I do, how hard of a fall will it be? The list of questions is almost endless. So where do we go with the list of questions – we go to the word of God.
God’s word tells us that we are to live by faith. That means accepting the limits of God’s revelation to us. Sometimes we believe the Bible contains the answers to everything if you can just find the right verse. It may be a surprise when I tell you that it doesn’t. While it clearly addresses many things, there are some things God has hidden from us until the right time.
We normally put the emphasis on what God has revealed, but it’s equally important to affirm what God has hidden. Let’s be honest and admit that there are, and will be, things in your life that make no sense to you and baffle you, confuse you and even frustrate you. You can’t work them out no matter how hard you try. They may even tempt you to despair.
While it might be okay to have everything figured out there are some things which are hidden and during this time of silence, we must trust that God remains in control. God doesn’t give us all the details. But that’s part of us allowing Him to be God in our lives – allowing Him to take care of the details.