Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! Romans 11:33
Not long ago I was sitting at my desk typing away. I was lost in the task at hand when my daughter Sophie came up next to me. She stood there for a few moments staring quietly at my hands as I clicked away at the keys, finishing an e-mail to a friend. Then she spoke.
Where did you learn how to type?
– In high school.
Does Daddy know how to type?
– Yeah.
Was daddy in your class in school?
– No.
Oh, so you met him on the playground?
– No, Honey. We went to different schools in different states.
I recounted her words in my mind trying to get to her point of reference…trying to see what was going on in her little head…
Staring at the screen, a smile crept across my face. I thought, “How did we get from how I learned to type to how I met her daddy in a matter of four sentences?”
I turned to see her little brain, grasping for understanding of things. She was putting the pieces together. She knew Mark and I met somehow and with her limited information and limited understanding her best guess was that he swept me off my feet somewhere between the monkey bars and swings.
The truth is, I didn’t meet mark until I was 24 and in my junior year of college. Her understanding of how it might have unfolded was far from the actual account of our meeting and the details that surrounded it.
You know what is the most amazing thing about Sophie at this age? When I tell her the truth about a matter, she just believes me. It satisfies her. I told her how I met her daddy. My brief explanation of how we met seemed sufficient. She walked away with her understanding changed and full confidence in my answer. She trusts me.
That’s what I want to point out today. Not the questions…but the relationship.
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The truth is, Sophie can come to me with any and every question that fills her head. The beauty of it all is her trust in me and in my answers.
As she walked away, God spoke to my heart. “You’re like her, you know. You come to me with questions. You approach me with your best understanding of things and often even your questions are the wrong ones to ask. If you could truly understand all that I know and all that I see, your questions would change. And they WILL change, as you learn of me and allow me to teach you.”
Maybe you are standing before the Lord today wondering why He hasn’t answered your questions. Maybe the answers you’ve been given are not what you were looking for. Today, I encourage you to take your eyes off your questions and put them on Him – our Trustworthy God. He promises to be faithful. His ways are loving and kind.
Remember who He is.
The LORD will work out his plans for my life–for your faithful love, O LORD, endures forever. Don’t abandon me, for you made me. Psalm 138:8
O Lord, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
You see me when I travel
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, Lord.
You go before me and follow me.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too great for me to understand!
Psalm 139:1-6
He is always the answer…even when we’re asking the wrong questions.
Ginny Thomas - A very simple message, yet so PROFOUND! Thank you, Tammy, for sharing your heart and God’s message with all of us. Stay blessed!