Yesterday I met with two Hispanic ministers from Tulsa churches. We are planning a spring campaign and regional gathering. Jose observed, “Our people struggle with faithful service because they do not understand how big our God is.” He suggested the theme for the campaign and regional event: “The Great ‘I Am’.”
My experience is that people have a lot of questions about God, and a lot of questions for God. When we have questions about God, we can study God’s Word (which is the revelation of God) to learn more about God and appreciate his work in this world. When it comes to questions we would like to ask God, we are too often clueless. God’s ways are higher than our ways and his thoughts higher than our thoughts (Isaiah 55). Sometimes the only response we can give is that of the Psalmist, “God is God, and God is good” (Psalm 100). But I realize how empty that response can seem. It is not very satisfying to hear, “You just have to trust God” or “God works everything for good.”
If our God is big enough to orchestrate the events of our world, he is certainly big enough to handle our questions. As our questions about God are answered and we come to understand God better, our questions for God also come into focus. May God bless our efforts to know him.