Questions for God

A book I was reading earlier today posed this question: We all have questions we've been saving for God, don't we? He also went on to label them as either benign or malignant. I thought that to be interesting. He also mentioned Deuteronomy 29:29, "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law." I'd never really linked my questions with this verse before, but like the fact that he did.

It's certainly God's prerogative to keep certain things secret, but we don't always like that about Him. After all, we live in the age of instant information. 'What are you doing right now?' (then you'd better be on Twitter or have a cell phone). What do I need to know about X, Y or Z? Well, we can just Google it! We can pull up a map of someone's home on the other side of the world! And God DARES to keep secrets from us? Well, harrumph! Who does He think He is, anyway? GOD? Oh, yeah...He IS!!!

Anyway, have you dared to ask Him certain questions? And are they benign or malignant? I think the very same question can be either. It's our attitude that determines its category. The question, 'How could God let my spouse leave me like that?' is benign if asked with an attitude of humility, although I think it might be worded a little differently. When we are accusing God, then it's always malignant. A malignant rewording of the same question would be: God, You could have stopped him/her, but You didn't! How could You be so indifferent towards me? Don't You care about me? been there, done that...it's the victim mentality.

But, back to the lighter side of this issue. Do you have questions you're saving to ask Him? I've asked Him why he made cats so that they SHED!!! 'God, I KNOW You could have made them so they wouldn't! Is it just part of the curse?' (I'm sure it's necessary, but, really...He IS God! He could have done it differently!)

And, as I've mentioned before, why are so many of the sons of godly men in the Bible wicked, or just never mentioned? If they were never even mentioned, except that they were so-and so's son, they couldn't have been too great. Jonathan was certainly mentioned as Saul's son and he was a great man even though his life seemed rather short. Eleazar was mentioned as the son of Aaron, then his son, Phinehas was recorded as a godly man, but he seems to be the exception from my Bible knowledge.

What are your questions for God? Don't be afraid to ask Him. Don't you think He'll even laugh at some of the questions we have for Him? And I mean in a good way, not in a deriding way. I believe He'll laugh because He loves it that we dared ask Him and it was a valid question to us! Like, 'God, why did you make slugs?' 'Why did You put so much ice at the bottom and top of the world?' 'Why did You make ice cream so fattening?' One question I can't wait to ask Him is, 'How many descendants of David are roaming around on the earth today and who are they? Are they good, bad, ugly, handsome, etc? Could I be one of them? Do I know any of them?' Yeah, this list is getting longer all the time! What are yours? :)