Have you ever noticed that Jesus never really answered anyone’s questions? In fact,
his usual response to a question was to ask another question of his own. This
behavior suggests that Jesus is quite comfortable in the presence of people who ask questions. So much so that He would seemingly rather send
people away still clinging to their questions than to enlighten them on the spot and provide the answers they seek.
This is in stark contrast to the Church today which seems
to relish the idea of providing answers to people, even if those people aren't
asking any questions.
I can’t help but wonder what might happen if Christians
shifted their tactics from providing verbal answers to everyone and instead started behaving more like Jesus. What if we simply invited people to get to know Jesus for themselves. See, Truth isn't
information. Truth is a person. Jesus is the Truth, and that means that to know
Truth (the person) you will have to enter into an ongoing relationship with
Him.
However, one might also expect to not ever completely “know” the Truth completely. That is because Jesus, the person, is also God, and that means that Truth cannot ever be fully and completely known on this side of eternity. And I kind of think that this is how Jesus prefers things. Because, based on what we can observe about Jesus, he seems to prefer the company of those who lack wisdom and are hungry for truth, rather than to spend time with those who believe that they already have all of the answers and only want to broadcast the solutions to everyone around them.
Maybe that's why Jesus loves questions. He loves to reward those who earnestly seek Him. He loves to show Himself to people who are hungry and thirsty for His presence.
If you could ask Jesus one question, what would it be? Knowing that He is likely to never answer that question, what do you think your response should be? How can you search out the answer for yourself?
Maybe, the answer is to get to know the "Truth" (the person) a little better?
-kg
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What about Your brothers and sisters most breaks Your heart, and what gives You the most hope?
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