Atheists believe there is no God and that the universe, our galaxy, the earth, and even humankind were created all by chance. There are lots of religions in the world besides Christianity: Buddhism, Shintoism, Muslim but perhaps the most dangerous one of all is atheism, the belief that there is no God. For Christians, we have the Bible to help us distinguish right from wrong and we have God as our starting point. In order to walk in faith, you need to be able to spot a lie or a deception. If you don’t know there is a right and a wrong, then you’ll take whatever sounds good and think it is fine. If you don’t have a starting point, you become gullible and not teachable. If you are going to walk in faith when there are more questions than answers, it is important that you have a starting point. So how do we keep going? Well, the first thing you need to do is… It’s alright because I know that somewhere down the line, when He deems the time appropriate, He’ll give me the answer as long as I keep moving forward with Him in faith. Well, whenever I have a question, I put it in a little basket in my brain and say, “Lord, when You have time, could You help me understand this?” Then I just keep walking with the Lord. Instead, we have to understand that we have a lot to learn and that we need a source other than ourselves for figuring these things out. Are we are going to say that God is wrong and we are right because we don’t understand?Īs odd as that may seem, we do it all the time. It’s pretty arrogant to say we aren’t going to follow Him because He won’t tell us why such-and-such happened. If that’s all we’re working with, we need to be really careful about deciding that the Creator of the universe doesn’t exist. Scientists say that most human beings only use 4% of their brain. “ But blessed are your eyes, because they see and your ears, because they hear.
The answers may have to wait until we’re mature enough to steward them well but one thing to remember is that God delights in our discovery… Our questions may sit inside us for a while, unanswered, but God is faithful and will answer every question in His time. You won’t have all the answers or see everything clearly in the beginning but faith will help you to keep following God until the answers come to the surface and are clarified. Life is like a Polaroid picture, slowly developing along the way. It turns a question that could’ve been answered into a doubt that destroys. Maybe He doesn’t even exist.“ That’s foolish. Somewhere between “having questions” and “doubt”, our thinking turns to, “Well if God doesn’t answer this, I’m not going to follow Him. That’s okay as long as we don’t let our questions turn into doubts.ĭoubt is dangerous. We often get frustrated when we have more questions than answers. We all have questions we’d like to ask God such as: “Why aren’t all people healed when you pray for them?” and “Why is there unnecessary suffering among those who claim the name of God?” What about dinosaurs, cavemen, and the estimated (5 million years) carbon dating age of the earth? Sometimes it seems God is hiding stuff from us, leaving us with unanswered questions. When Life Leaves You With More Questions Than Answers New Hope Notes: When Life Leaves You With More Questions Than Answers