Things Too Wonderful

If you could ask God any question, what would you ask Him?

 I asked a lot of people that question last week, in preparation for a talk I was doing.  The vast majority of the adults I asked said they would have to think about it and get back to me.  They never did.

 The children, on the other hand, didn’t hesitate!  They had some great questions:

• Why didn’t God let us breathe in space?
• Did Adam get to see dinosaurs?
•  Can God sing?
• What was God doing all the time before He made the world?
• Is my rabbit in heaven?
• Why did God let my Granny die?
• Why didn’t God heal my Daddy when I asked Him to?
• Why am I sad when I’m supposed to be happy?

I’m with the kids!  I think asking questions is a good thing!  I have loads of them.  I want to know why penguins’ feet don’t freeze?  And whether bees have ears?  And what exactly is anti-matter?

And why hasn’t God healed my Steve when we’ve been praying so long?  And why do primary schools get crushed in earthquakes? and will it really all be alright in the end?

The questions are there in most of us.  The problem is that as adults we don’t always like to verbalise them.  They seem to suggest a lack of faith or understanding and we bury them deep.  Sometimes in the silence of the night we dare to ask God.  And there is no reply.  Who else can we ask? We hold it all together in Church and nobody knows…

God knows our questions.  He knows our heart and everything about us, of course He does.  He remains sovereign and un-offended.  The questions remain.  If we do not ask them they can fester within us and turn to bitterness or unbelief.  If we dare to ask them, like Habakuk, or Job or some of the Psalmists, we might actually get some answers, even if they are not the answers we want.  We might at least grow in the searching.

If you could ask God any question, what would you ask Him? 

Ask!

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