Human nature often tells individuals how they think things should play out in life. Yet, when the unexpected happens, I usually begin to scratch my head, trying to figure out God’s mind to allow this or that to occur. After all of the blood, sweat and tears he poured into the nation of Israel, I’m sure Moses shared similar thoughts when he found out he would not be entering the Promised Land with Israel. This is the context of Deuteronomy 29:29, “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.”
The reality of life on earth is that God has hidden the answers to many questions people have. The Bible is purposively silent on several matters like the details of Lucifer’s rebellion in heaven, the origin of evil, why only Enoch and Elijah were taken up into heaven and why bad things happen to godly people. Maybe John 21:25 holds of one of the reasons why secret things belong to the Lord. If every miracle, parable or thing Jesus did was recorded, there would not be enough room in the world to hold all these accounts. Thus, God is silent on many issues so that faith may exist, John 20:30-31.
So if you are like me, having a dream job disappear or you are going through a Job like trial, all we can do for now is be thankful for the things God has revealed to us. Job questioned God and got a mouthful, 4 chapters from Job 38-41, humbling him as well as us, seeing how little we know and how big God really is. While questions will continue to go unanswered, there is only one thing to do, follow the words of Joshua, “as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord,” Joshua 24:21.
by Jay Mankus
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