Sunday, July 15, 2012

John 9:2


“who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?”
John 9:2

We want so badly to understand it all. We want to perfect systems and theologies so that when X happens we can say it happened for Y reason. It is in our nature. If we can understand something we have a power over it. Science seeks to map our genes and to document the laws of physics that govern this world that we may harness them to do our bidding.

As believers we seek to plumb the depths of God. We compose systematic theologies so we can predict the Lord’s behavior as if he were an animal in a lab. Through our haughty efforts we seek to reduce the Lord down to a system we can plan our lives around. Ultimately though, what we are seeking to known is the mind of God; to see the big picture; to known the unknowable. At our worst, we are seeking to control God by mapping out his patterns and behaviors. We think too highly of ourselves. Who are we to know the mind of God? We cannot. His ways are not our ways. His thoughts are not our thoughts. The disciples wanted to know God’s mind; why He did what He did. They wanted to predict the Lord. But the Lord’s plan was bigger than their system. God’s plan is bigger, more confusing, brings more glory than we can imagine. We must broaden our perception of how He will work. To be sure, He will not contradict His Word, but His ways and means are not predictable. Only through a relationship with Him can we truly experience the fullness of His will for our lives.

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