I had an opportunity to speak with a gentleman today who said he was an agnostic. He said that he believed in God, but he had questions.
“What are some of your questions?” I asked him.
“Well, I am sure all believers have questions,” he said, unwilling to share any of his questions.
“Our questions would stem from not knowing God,” I said. If we don’t believe that God loves us and that He is LOVE, we will have questions. If we don’t believe that He is Righteous, we will have questions.
“What kind?” he asked.
“We would say, ‘Why is this happening to me? Why is this happening to her? If God is good, why is there so much evil in the world.”
“I am sure everyone has those questions,” he said.
Do you believe that when you pose those questions that you are questioning the righteousness of God. Greater still, that you do not KNOW that particular aspect of the character of God.
The gentleman was right. Even as believers we have questioned God. We may not have considered or realized that we were questioning him, but what is so wonderful about our righteous God is that He is big enough to handle the questions.
Let’s not sit back in our own self-righteousness and refuse to seek the answers from the only One who has them! He is not afraid of your questions! I pray you will be able to embrace the answers He gives you and discover the awesomely wonderful character of God.
To the agnostics I say, why waste your life wondering when you can get to know a loving God who wants to get to know you?!
Father, thank you for being righteous. I know I do not understand it all — Why the prodigal son got a big party thrown for him and the older son did not (Luke 15). Why the one who had worked one hour got the same wages as the ones who had worked all day, bearing their burdens in the heat of the day (Matthew 20). Why did the master take the talent from the one who buried it and give it to the one who had ten — why not the one with the five who doubled his money too (Matthew 25)?Perplexing Questions! But what we know is that you are holy! Your reasons are your own but they are always for the fulfillment of your purpose — which is ultimately for our own good. Amen!
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I heard someone say not too long ago that, “without a test, there is no testimony.” When we experience hardships it is normal to have that “woe is me” mentality and question God. However, there is also a lesson to be learned from all the things that we experience in life…good or bad. I think that tests simply make us appreciate our blessings that much more. Sure we all have questions, but with time the answers are always revealed.
How did you get so wise for one so young?
I’ve had great teachers!