More Questions Than Answers

While I don’t ascribe to New Year’s resolutions, a few years ago I began seeking the Lord for a Word of the Year.  Starting this practice has reminded me about how faithful God is to speak when asked.  It has also taught me to be open to Him giving responses that are outside the box of my expectations; one year He gave me a whole sentence that was revealed over the course of a couple months. 

The word that God gave me for this year is “Light”.  If you’re like me, this word didn’t answer as many questions as it presented.  Isn’t this just like God though?  My husband, Michael, did a sermon not too long ago that highlighted the fact that Jesus asked way more questions than he answered while on earth.  While this might be disconcerting for some, I think there is a way to perceive it through the lens of mercy and grace. 

Like Scripture reminds us, God’s has things that are “just too wonderful…and incomprehensible” for us, things “too high to understand” (Psalm 139:6).  If God were to lay all the things out on the table, we would likely become overwhelmed rather than encouraged.  We live this out with our children often – we give them the information they need to know without overloading them with information they would not be able to process, therefore not adding a layer of anxiety unnecessarily.  We are in fact protecting them from what they can’t manage at this stage in life, and, in fact, were not meant to. 

Instead of being anxious, we can be thankful that God is doing what only He can do in order that we might do what we are able.

Keep being open to things looking different than you would imagine, for God is not a product of our imagination but we are a creation of His.  Keep asking questions.  Keep being open to the crumbs He is willing to share.  Whether or not you have a Word of the Year, maybe there are questions that you might consider asking God for answers to that will strengthen your relationship with Him.  This is how good God is to us - giving us what we need in the present, allowing Him to guide us in our future. 

Written by Katie Rivera