Trust the Author

Maybe it's just me, but sometimes I can't understand why things are as they are, why people are the way they are, and do the things they do.  We may use the word weird, but weird is relative.  In his own language and dialect, Gomer Pyle said it best: "thangs just don't make no since."

 

Staff writer, Jon Bloom, of desiringGod.org wrote this: "We humans have an irrepressible need to make sense of the world and our experience in it." And, I agree!  Two steps outside your front door and life begins to unfold around us in a non-sensical way.  For me, this often leads to cynicism - not good.  The Bible reveals great meaning to that which is often meaningless. "For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him." (Colossians 1:16).  Meaning comes from God, and we receive meaning through His Word. In God's reality, we've been chosen to play a role - however small it may be - in the great epic: the story of the glory of God. "For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to Whom be glory for ever. Amen." (Romans 11:36).  Everything in the material world as we know it -- from galaxies to a human sigh -- is telling His story.  Is it any wonder why things we see or experience "don't make no since!"  Truth is, our sinful pride often draws us to selfish conclusions of the tiny fragments we see in God's amazingly glorious picture.  What then do we do when "thangs don't make no since?"  We must not give in to cynicism, nor should we turn an apathetic thought to what we fail to understand. Someday – yes, someday - we'll see the picture, hear the complete story, and in Jon Bloom's words, we’ll "be blown away."  Until then, we must … trust the Author.