uncertainty

"Maybe faith has less to do with gaining knowledge and more to do with causing wonder"...

These words jumped off the page at me as I read them recently...we are about "defining" and getting wiser, thus theology is our definition of God as we "study" Him...but God was never meant to be "studied," much less defined, especially by finite beings. He was meant to actively live in and through our lives.

The world is about education and gaining knowledge so that we are more "successful," earn more money, move up the food chain...

Yet Jesus is the opposite, again contrary on all levels of this world and what the world has told us to be true. Thus, our walk with God - our faith - should only push us deeper into awe and wonder and worship of our Creator, giving worth to Him alone. Sometimes I think that "figuring" God out by gaining knowledge steers us away from worship rather than into the reverent presence of God. In His Word, God says that He is a "mystery"...and He really is, yet we are not okay with not "knowing"...we must drive to figure Him out. And maybe spiritual maturity results in less predictability, more unknowns, and having your life less "together"...ultimately, "out of control," in places we could never have planned or imagined, often times less than ideal.

Embrace relational uncertainty - it is called romance.
Embrace spiritual uncertainty - it is called mystery.
Embrace occupational uncertainty - it is called destiny.
Embrace emotional uncertainty - it is called joy.
Embrace intellectual uncertainty - it is called revelation.

Embracing uncertainty because it is freeing...these are all the "costs" - or maybe really gains - of following Jesus.