In the last blog I pointed out that is s OK to question God as long as we do it in an attitude of trust and submission. Not only is that allowed, God encourages it because it can be beneficial to us and our relationship with Him.
God knows that our questions and doubts can lead to deeper understanding and trust, as it did with Job and others. We don’t know what God knows. God realizes this as He created us. But we long to be close to the Lord and have peace about our present circumstances. When we ask the Lord questions, this can lead to growth and understanding, for all of life’s mysteries and answers rest completely in the Lord. He created time, love, light, and truth and, therefore, establishes it all perfectly. As God told the prophet Jeremiah, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:13. And as Jesus said in Matthew 7:7-8, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Our questions matter to God. Jesus describes God as a loving Father who desires a relationship with us.
In the Psalms, David poured out his heart to God, asking God over and over, “Why?” In Psalm 13, he begged God to answer: “How long will you hide your face from me and let my enemy triumph over me?” (v. 1-4). Yet by the end, David seemed comforted by the fact that he could ask the Lord these things and resolved to trust in Him. While he didn’t yet know “how long?” he did know God would handle things in the way God knew best. David concluded, “I will sing the Lord’s praise, for He has been good to me” (Psalm 13:6).
When our questioning God puts a block between us and Him it is wrong, but when it leads us to deeper intimacy with Him it is good. Moses had a ton of questions for God. In fact, when Moses encountered God in the wilderness outside Egypt, God called to him from a burning bush (Exodus 3:2). Moses knew it was the Lord Himself— the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—and yet when God told him He was upset about the treatment of the Israelites and wanted Moses to bring them out of Egypt, Moses fully accepted this as truth. He fell to his face in reverence, then proceeded to bombard God with inquiries. “Who am I to do this?” “What do I say to the people?” “What if they don’t believe me?” Moses asked question after question, to which the Lord God, the great “I Am” (Exodus 3:14), replied. He answered all Moses’ legitimate objections, only stopping when Moses started looking for excuses to not obey.
Consider how it is between you and another person you can talk with and question deeply. When you do it with an attitude of pride, in a challenging way, you are way out of line. The act of asking and receiving answers leads to great trust and familiarity. A richer relationship is forged and strengthened. It is the same with God. Never talk to God as if you know better or He isn’t doing the best thing for you. The clay cannot correct the potter (Isaiah 45:9).
Doubts and asking questions of the Lord are not disrespectful acts when done with a loving, genuine heart that desires to understand and grow closer to the Lord. Any parents will answer legitimate questions their children have. If you have questions in your heart, take them in humility and respect to the Source, who created all and can answer all things.
Isaiah 45:9-10 “Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘The potter has no hands’? Woe to the one who says to father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you brought to birth?’
How have you been handling your doubts and questions? Have you been taking them to God or coming to conclusions on your own? Talk to Him about them now.
WORLDWIDE PERSECUTION Recent conferences in Congo have been rescheduled because of internal warfare in the country. What doesn’t even make the news in the US totally disrupts the lives of many Christians in Africa. Stats show that 1 in 7 Christians are persecuted worldwide. In Africa it is 1 in 5 and in Asia 2 in 5. That’s almost half!. Among the 10 worst persecutors of Christians, five were African countries: Somalia (2), Libya (4), Sudan (5), Eritrea (6) and Nigeria (7). Since 2000, Nigeria has seen the slaughter of an estimated 62,000 Christians at the hands of Islamist groups like Boko Haram, Islamic State of West Africa Province and nomadic Fulani herdsmen, according to Genocide Watch. Eight of the 10 countries where believers are most likely to die for their faith are in Sub-Saharan Africa, with terrorism and government instability responsible for the killings of many Christians. India is still moving up the list and is now 11. Pray for the courageous Christians and pastors in Africa and India who risk their families and lives to spread the good news of Jesus and help people grow in their faith.
cto Rev. Dr. JERRY SCHMOYER
Christian Training Organization
Jerry@ChristianTrainingOrganization.org
(India Outreach, Spiritual Warfare, Family Ministries, Counseling, World View)
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