How much do you think you know? How much do you really know? Do you pride yourself in knowing more than others? Are you continually seeking to know something new? What are you seeking to know? Are you longing to know the whole story?
We know many things. We learn many things in school. We learn more things in our jobs. We seek to know more about those things we are interested in. It seems there is always something new to learn. Our thirst for learning never ceases.
Learning is a lifelong project. Some of us attempt to keep up with the latest news on movie stars or television stars or sports stars or music artists or politics. Some of us love to hear the scoop on our neighbor or a relative. Some thrive on drama. Some thrill to be the “first” to know, even if we know we aren’t the first.
The Apostle Paul gives us a reality check. We don’t know as much as we think we know. He, of course, was talking about his knowledge of God. God is far more, far larger, and way beyond any of us. We know only part of who God is. We know only small pieces of his plan. Why is it important for us to recognize this? So that we trust God more, trusting that he has it all under control.
The more we realize how much we don’t know, the more we trust by faith. Rather than letting fear rule our lives, we can boldly go forward knowing God is with us. We can also rest assured that one day we will fully understand. One day it will all make sense. Until then, keep taking the next step, trusting God knows it all.
I pray we all realize we do not know it all. I pray we put our faith in God and his plan. I pray each one of us believe that one day we will fully understand and continue trusting God until then. Know you don’t know it all. Put your faith in God. Trust his plan. Know that one day you will fully understand.
1 Corinthians 13:21 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.
Marty Pressey 