I can't even begin to count the number of times in this past semester that I have said, "My dad was so right." From nose piercings, to relationships, to Jesus Christ, to academics, this man never seems to be wrong. Truthfully, it's very annoying. However, I am finally beginning to realize that my ideas are not always necessarily the best ones. As much as it pains me to say this, he's so much wiser than me. (Ouch, that hurt my pride quite a bit.) Then again, I think that very thing, my pride, is something that God is really working on in my life right now. I love to argue, and to give my opinion on things, because I love to prove that whatever I'm thinking is what everyone should think.
I'm learning that it's okay to not know everything.
One of the greatest things about being human, and under the submission of God, is that we don't have to know everything. Whew! What a relief, am I right? Many people would argue with me about this, because like me, they despise the unknown. But, our God has taken away the burden of our futures, and our mistakes and their consequences. Now that's a relief!
I have realized, over the course of the past few years, that God is never silent. Sure, He may seem realllllly far away, but in reality, He doesn't move. He is immovable, and unshakable. Us on the other hand? We move all of the time. We constantly wander away from Him, because it is in our nature. This thing called sin (it's a pretty big problem in the human race) seems to physically separate us from Him, and we like to cover it up by saying that "God isn't listening", or "He just isn't calling me." In reality, it's not God that's running from sin, it's sin that's causing us to run from Him.
Here's the part where it all comes together, though.
We aren't certain what's going to happen. In an hour, in a minute, in a few seconds, our lives could be drastically changed, and quite truthfully, we don't have any control over it. This is the unknown, and it's scary. But God knows. And that's why it's okay for us to be uncertain. Because the Maker of the universe does, and His plan is always for good. He knows no evil, which is why He feels gone when we are continually living in sin. He is much too holy for anything that reaps evil and darkness in the lives of His creation, and it is we who continually choose to push Him away, and instead turn to sin.
The uncertain is something much too holy for humanity to be able to control, and thank goodness that it's okay to not know what the future holds. Without control, we wouldn't do much good with that information anyways, now would we?
