Don’t Try To Figure It Out

Why did God create man with the free will to sin, and why did He set up a world of sinners only to send His Son to be tortured and die for the very sin He allowed?

I’m sure it’s a question many may have from time to time. And the more I asked, the more I realized something. I cannot figure it out. You cannot figure it out. Nobody can.

God is too big for my mind and too wise for my explanations. Yet people still try. They try to build some neat little box where their intelligence gives them all the answers. But the truth is, they cannot. And when I look at that kind of life, it always feels small. There is no serving, no joy, no fullness. They may pretend to be satisfied, but in those quiet lonely moments, they are still lonely and confused. I know that feeling because I have lived pieces of it myself.

So instead of trying to solve the mystery of God’s decisions, I started paying attention to what I do know.

I know Scripture gave more than three hundred prophecies about a Messiah and every single one came true - all validated with historical records. Even the smallest detail was exact, like this one: “They divided my clothes among them, and they threw lots for my clothing.” (Psalms 22:18 NCV) And the Roman soldiers did exactly that at the foot of the cross. There is no way to explain that other than God keeping His own promises.

Another thing I know is that creation is shouting that God is real. Romans says, “There are things about Him that people cannot see. They are His eternal power and all the things that make Him God. But since the beginning of the world those things have been easy to understand by what God has made. So people have no excuse for the bad things they do.” (Romans 1:20 NCV)

I know the Bible has been copied for hundreds of years by countless scribes (there only one author - God), yet it never loses the story. It never contradicts itself. It keeps saying the same thing. A Savior is coming. Redemption is coming. Restoration is coming. And it did.

I also know people who follow Jesus and experience change even they can’t understand. I have watched lives transform. I have watched people find a joy they cannot explain. I have seen peace come into places that used to be broken. I have felt it myself. Something happens when Jesus becomes real to a person. They begin to experience healing and wholeness that no human can manufacture.

I know every historical record outside of Scripture points to a real man named Jesus who performed miracles, was crucified, and whose followers claimed He rose again. These things are not myths. They are documented. They are true.

There are things I cannot figure out, and God said it would be that way. “This plan is a secret that was hidden long ago in God, who made everything.” (Ephesians 3:9 NCV) God never asked me to understand every mystery. He asked me to trust Him with what He has revealed.

So how do I figure all of this out? The answer is simple. I cannot. And that is the point.

What I can do is believe. “We live by what we believe will happen, not by what we can see.” (Second Corinthians 5:7 NCV) I can live by what God has shown me. I can trust the Savior who came for me. I can rest in the truth that Jesus paid for my sin, took my punishment, and bought my salvation. His pain became my healing. His death became my eternal life. He makes me whole. He restores what is broken in me. And He keeps changing me day by day.

So when others try to explain it to you - just let them. And know it can’t be explained. They can’t. You can’t. I can’t. And one day, if we even care at that point, God may reveal it all to us.

LORD, help us believe because Jesus truly changes us. Thank you Jesus for coming down as a baby to save us. In Your name we pray. Amen ♥️