Finally a couple starry clear nights. Majority of the nights here have been overcast, rainy or a full moon. At last we have had a couple of clear nights before the moon rise. The night sky here is absolutely amazing. Being on a hill top with no real large town around makes for a perfect setting to see all sorts of star constellations. We even found the Southern Cross! The Milky Way was bright as if someone painted the sky with a highlighter. Countless shooting stars to make wishes on.
A group of us ate dinner that night out on a log and the “night” discussion started right up. You know the talks of pondering the shear size of space. Wrapping your mind around the concept that some stars we are currently starring at don’t exist anymore but yet their light is still traveling to earth. The mind numbing thought of black holes, and where does all the matter go? In awe of all of God’s creation and how He placed all the stars in their exact place in space. Is Pluto still a planet? Despite what modern science people say, Pluto is still a planet in my book. The questions kept going deeper and deeper and I was left with a numb mind. Just the thought that when God created Earth, He could of placed million year old rocks on the Earth and in reality Earth is only say 5,000 years old.
This time under the stars kept on going and looking back on it I realized that I was driving most of the questions. I was the one asking the ridiculous space and time questions. I was the one trying to figure out how the dinosaurs fit in with the Bible. Just question after question that was deep yet childish but the entire time I was asking I felt FREE. There was zero judging, laughing, or are you serious…you don’t know how a black hole is created.
Then God laid on my heart that is what my faith needs to look like. Ask the basic questions, don’t assume to know the answer. Question unusual things and push back on ideas to test the soundness. Ponder teachings and dive deeper into the word to discover what God has to say. Slow down and build up the basics.
Often I find myself in bibles studies or discussions and just nod or look the part about who all the characters are. I think, yeah I grew up in church and know these people. When in reality it’s not that I don’t know them, it’s more of keeping an inquisitive mindset. It is staying in complete mystery of bible principles and a hunger to know more. Just like I once knew the definite answers of space because yes I did pass middle school science classes; there is more to learn from the bible than the stories you learn in Sunday school. There is a freedom and joy that comes from digging deeper, asking the same question to multiple people to get different perspective, and continuing to seek God.
Stay hungry for the word of God. Cry out for that burning desire to know more. Take God’s promises in the bible to heart and apply the principles to your life. Walk in the freedom of knowing there is an infinitely more to know about our heavenly Father. Keep the child like faith, and the child like questions. Ask and you shal receive; seek and it will be revealed.
Be Bold as you begin to ask questions.
Be Intentional to pray for a deeper understanding of God and what steps you need to take.
