Questions Without Answers
By
Susan Klein
“For
my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the
Lord.
Psalm
55:8 (NIV)
Every once in awhile, I
stumble across a passage of Scripture that shakes me to the core! It causes me
to question the things I’ve been taught and hold as truth. Just when I think
I’ve come up with a valid explanation and have it all figured out, another
verse shows up that rattles my understanding and causes me to question once
again. Isn’t that the way of it: The more you learn, the more questions you
come up with?
Stephen Curtis Chapman
expresses these sentiments in the lyrics to his song, “God is God.”
And
the pain falls like a curtain
On
the things I once called certain
And
I have to say the words I fear the most
”I
just don’t know”
And
the questions without answers
Come
and paralyze the dancer
So
I stand here on the stage afraid to move...
In our human and finite
minds, we want to reason, to solve, and to strive to come up with the answers
to all of life’s perplexities. But in reality, we can’t. We can’t explain why a
God who expresses unfathomable mercy and love is the same God who wipes out a
whole nation of people or sends an evil spirit to inhabit a king (1
Samuel 16:14-15). We don’t have an explanation as to why He chooses to let
some live to ripe old ages and some die as infants. But what we do know is
this, that the Most High is sovereign. He is God, and He can do as
He pleases (Job
23:13).
God
is God and I am not
I
can only see a part of the picture He’s painting
God
is God and I am man
So
I’ll never understand it all
For
only God is God
Do I still have
questions? Absolutely! Will I ever find answers? Only if He chooses to provide
them. And if He doesn’t, I will cling to my faith, I will still choose to
worship Him, and I will accept His will as sovereign, even if I don’t
understand it, or like it.
Oh,
how great are the riches of His wisdom and knowledge
How
unsearchable for to Him and through Him and from Him are all things
So
let us worship before the throne
Of
the One who is worthy of worship alone
For
only God is God [1]
GOING DEEPER:
1. Are you someone who
needs to have all her questions answered? Are you willing to surrender to the
only One who possesses all the answers, even when He’s choosing to remain
silent on the matter?
FURTHER READING:
[1] Steven Curtis
Chapman, “God is God,” Declaration, 2001, Sparrow Records.
Susan
enjoys teaching Bible studies, writing, and mentoring. She and her husband Mark
enjoy opening their home to those in need.
