Questions Without Answers

Good Thursday morning! A spider outside caught a big 'un today and the big 'un was not at all pleased. I did manage to get the paper, but sheesh! Now I can enjoy the phantom web syndrome for a while this morning. In your Bible studies and sermons, have you ever run into a question that just didn't seem to have an answer? If your question were a web, the answer might be the big 'un that just tore right through it, leaving you with nothing and a torn web. We had a question like that last night, and no, I cannot say that I have some thorough, satisfy-everyone, answer this morning. There will be times in our walk with Christ that we will not have all the answers. Whether it is from being too immature in the faith or that the answer is simply one of those burdens that Christ himself must carry for us, we may not receive a satisfying answer in this life. I am sure that there are many questions that arise from our Bible reading that we must simply believe and accept without full knowledge of what God is thinking.

We can recall that verse where God tells us: "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so aremy ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." Isaiah 55:9 Just as we cannot reach up and touch a star, so there will be times that we must simply put faith in front and obey what we may not completely understand. We do have a desire to learn and understand, but we may not always get what we want. If we could pause for a moment, go into a trance, and actually see our home in Heaven under construction, we would have no need for faith. You might ask why we don't have any input into the floor plan of this heavenly home. As the verse says, God has higher thoughts and ways, so who better to build without our limited and earth-bound input? And how do we know God isn't taking input from us?

We must take a lot of things on faith in this life. Learning to let God take care of these things is best for us and best for all involved. Try to imagine a small fraction of all the change orders that would arrive at the offices of Heaven's Construction, Inc. if we each had control of building our home in Heaven. We might never have the Rapture. We can ask what our home in Heaven looks like, but the answer will only come when God brings us there. A lot of questions will be answered when we see Jesus. Until then, mix the fruit of the Spirit into a nice smoothie and enjoy!

Have a wonderful Thursday in Christ!

Bucky