Drop Everything, Embrace God’s Mystery
It sure does feel like our questions for God are growing beyond measure. I’ve lost count. News headlines leave us wondering if we really are living in such times. And yet we know the answer – we are. It’s all true. New York Governor’s recent law passage is very real. Gripped by it, we watched in disbelief that it came with applause. Decisions like these make us look to God for answers. It can’t be explained. Recently a terrible fire in my neighborhood took the life of a child and grandmother. A small candle sparked this senseless tragedy. Looking into our own lives, perhaps uncertainty is taking space there too.
There has to be good news somewhere.
Right?
Sure there is. But often times it’s really hard to find. That part of us seeking to bring a thankful heart into our prayers has fallen on mute. We can’t seem to stop the world from snuffing away our grateful hearts. Given the present battles and worries, we have nothing BUT questions for our Creator. Yes, as Zora states, we are living in a time that’s asking only questions.
God, are you seeing all this? How can this be happening?
Where are You in all of this?
And just like King David’s relentless pursuit of answers – we too hear only God’s silence. I’ve come to understand that God often doesn’t work the way I would like.
Isaiah 55 gives us all a glimpse into how God perceives humanity:
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
God’s thoughts are not the same as ours. His ways are different than our ways. God is mystery itself. It’s His mystery that we can try to embrace first. Truly accepting that only He has both the short and long tail view of our lives. We cannot know when the year(s) bringing His answers to our deepest questions will come. They may not come for a very long time or perhaps sooner than we realize.
In my own journey, I’ve discovered that sometimes some of the questions I was asking God turned out not to be the right ones. In any circumstance I have discovered that there are always questions He is asking me. His are different than mine every time. Now I try to embrace God’s mystery before I pray my petitions and share all that is on my mind. Trying to search for Him first in every situation, looking for something He might be asking of me. I know that He has buried some part of His glorious mystery waiting for me to discover. I ask for the grace of understanding His will only to the extent He wants me to understand. And I share my desire and willingness to do the hard work in living the journey until that time comes with “answers” as Zora beautifully captures. And as I do, I ask God to remember that I am but a human being, capable of doing only what a human can. But promising to give Him my all. God wants our trust first. Always seeking Him in prayer.
Always.
So, in every circumstance keep praying without ceasing as St. Paul inspires us to. Dropping everything, all the worry and questions into God’s sovereign domain. Embracing His mystery first and trusting with all your being, that He is in control of both the good and the unspeakable. Believing that the years with answers will indeed come. Trusting Christ, remembering that He overcame the world and death itself by rising on the third day. It is during these most turbulent times when God wants us to remember most, all the times His grace and mercy carried us. Never despairing or losing hope in His love for us.
May we keep praying and trusting. Seeking and uncovering God’s questions. Embracing God’s mystery first. Knowing that He will make all things beautiful in His time.
And keep every promise.
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