Is the right answer right?

Have you ever asked yourself why God seems so confusing at times? There are times I wrestle with God. Actually, I wrestle with God a lot. I get comfortable with what I think or believe about something and then God goes and changes on me.

OK, I know that God is not the one that changed, but that's not the point. Why does God so often seem to avoid giving us the straight-forward answer? This is so frustrating for a borderline OCD who is also ADD. (Neither of those are diagnosed, but I feel like I act like both at times.) I want to know all the answers now!

If you have been reading this blog with any regularity, you have probably noticed I am fairly opinionated. But if you have known me for any length of time, you also know what I believe can change. I am sure this frustrates people. (To be honest, it frustrates me sometimes, because I have to go back and eat the words I said earlier.) I don't think I am wishy-washy, but I try to be open-minded.

Do I seem a little confused today? ;-)

So, why is God so confusing at times? It's not because God is confusing, it's because we are still learning. Why are there so many churches with so many different "doctrines?" Because we are still learning. Why do I think I have the right answers only to learn I am wrong? Because I am still learning.

I have a lot of opinions about a lot of things, but I have also decided that my opinions are not that important in the grand scheme of things. That doesn't mean I don't take a stand for what I believe. It doesn't mean that what I believe is not important to me. It means that what I believe at the moment is a milestone on the journey of faith, but I am not willing to stop there.

As long as we honestly seek God, we will never have all the answers. We will never "arrive" during our faith journey in this life.

Maybe part of the reason is that it's not really about arriving. Maybe God never really called us to find all the answers. Maybe, just maybe, God created us to help complete His mission of restoring Creation to what He intended. What if our goal as followers of Jesus isn't to get it right, but to make things right?

If we focused on making things right instead of getting things right... 

How many churches would do things differently?

How many Christians would be be more loving and less judgmental?

And...how many more people would truly experience God?

shine!
Jason