We Can Never Know

Man, you can really drive yourself nuts trying to figure out stuff. I mean, real neurosis springs from the drive to figure out what is happening in ourselves and in the world. There are endless books, articles, theories and discussions examining what God is doing and what we should be doing in response.

The problem is we can never really understand it all. It's fairly complicated, so it's good that a Being much more powerful than us is in charge. We sit and entertain gratuitous discourse on the meaning of life and He probably just laughs. Just think of the book of Job. Job and his friends sit and discuss the origin of suffering, the nature of God and which actions caused which outcomes and God doesn't say anything for 35-odd chapters.

Sound familiar? How many times have you heard someone say "God is doing this certain thing in my life to teach me this certain lesson?" Or, "God meant for this circumstance to occur so that the following could be true."

How do you know? Things are pretty complicated, and to say that we understand the inner workings of the cosmos, down to what exactly is happening here and now and to presume to know why is a little ridiculous sometimes.

When God does finally show up in the book of Job, he in essence takes Job on a tour of the cosmos, saying "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?" Sounds like a big, "You don't know what you're talking about, so be quiet and trust me."

I don't know, what do you think?