When I was a kid, it made me wince when I heard parents say, do it because I said so. That just didn't seem right to me and maybe that was because my parents were for the most part willing to explain the reasoning behind the rules.
When we look at the Bible, we see that God does not get upset with those who sincerely ask why. In fact, we see just the opposite. God really wants us to seek an understanding of His will. In the Old Testament, God said: Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. (Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV). In the New Testament, Jesus said: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8 NKJV).
Even when it comes to an understanding of why God would permit this or that in our individual lives, God may give us a sense of why things are the way they are. The Apostle Paul had a thorn in the flesh that really bothered him. He ask the Lord three times to remove it, but each time the Lord said no. Finally, the Lord told Paul that his thorn in the flesh was given to him so that he would not be lifted up with pride as result of the abundance of revelations that God had given him. This understanding was of great comfort to Paul because it helped him realize that his affliction brought him closer to Christ and made him stronger in the Lord.
Jim Roberts
Peace Church
Indiahoma, Oklahoma
www.ok-peacechurch.org
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