We all have questions about life, questions about direction and just plain “why” questions. We may stop and try to reason things out. We may attempt to seek advice. We can even pray about the issues, but still the questions remain. There are many who offer “answers.” They might be quick solutions or good advice. The problem is that they are other people’s answers to our questions.
There is a friend who is dying of cancer – why him? We are searching for direction – why doesn’t God tell us? We have prayed for our family – yet there are still trials. We have tried to follow the advice of others, but it has fallen short. Slowly doubt creeps into our hearts. We begin to question ourselves, our friends and God himself.
The questions force us to search our hearts, consider our beliefs and think through the things we value. If it is the emotions of the moment that lead the way we become mired down in the mud of life. If it is human reason that guides the way we discover so many dead ends that have wasted our time and energy.
So how do I discover the answer to the questions that haunt my heart? We read in the Bible: “I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.” Psalm 38:15. “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 NIV
The real answers to our questions rest with God. These answers do not come in microwavable formulas. They are rarely the quick fixes we want. They come as we ask, seek and knock on the doors of heaven and WAIT for God to answer. Patiently waiting is difficult. But to wait patiently doesn’t not mean we do nothing. Rather we focus on God himself. We turn our hearts toward the Father who holds every answer within his hand. We draw nearer to him and know that He is working things out behind the scenes in places we cannot see. Isaiah tells us: “Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isa 40:30-31 NIV
So we discover that in the midst of all the questions, in the center of every trial there is God. He holds every answer and waits for us to seek him and his heart so that He can strengthen our hearts and teach the most important answer that we need to hear: "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." Ps 46:10 NIV
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