Reading: Acts 2:12
“All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this
mean?’”
A recent article on FB noted that young children ask an average of close
to three hundred questions per day, and other research says four year olds
often ask over 400.
Curiosity is hardwired into us—especially if we have a desire to learn
and connect.
My two year old grandson repeatedly asks, “what is it”, these days as
he adds to his vocabulary. He often repeats his new word a few times and nods
happily. But not so much to his sometimes follow up questions of “why”, when
either I don’t know the answer, or don’t have a vocabulary that he can reason
through. His frown and disappointment in me is tangible.
“A mystery,
in the biblical sense, is simply a truth that has not yet been revealed. The
only way to understand it rightly is through the interpretation of the Spirit
of God.” Oswald Chambers
How often do we bring our spiritual questions to each other, or try to
figure them out ourselves, and forget that our human replies are limited. Too
often we settle for surface explanations, correct or not, and miss a depth invitation
waiting to grow closer to the Lord.
“‘For My
thoughts are not your thoughts, Neither are your ways My ways,’ declares the
Lord.” Isaiah 55:8 NAS
Lord, thank you for Your open invitation to come and ask and seek and
listen. Help us to remember to look past the surface and search for Your light
in our lives and Your path through our confusion.
Psalm of Worship: Genesis 1:12
“The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every
kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw
that it was good.”
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