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“Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'” John 14:6 (NIV)
Are you ever frustrated when a speaker gives you an outline with blanks but then skips some of the points? Me too. We like complete outlines. All the blanks filled in. All the gaps closed. All the details disclosed. All the questions answered to our satisfaction.
But that’s not the way life is. Some gaps are too wide to close. And there are some questions for which there are no apparent answers. I believe that’s the way God wants it. Our all-knowing God not only allows this but actually designed life to be this way.
Without blanks, there would be no room for Him to enter in and write His answers. Like how Jesus answered His disciples in John 14:6: “I am the way and the truth and the life.” He is the way when there is no way. The truth when lies long to consume our thoughts. The life on the other side of our crumbling attempts to control our stories.
Our God is not fickle, forgetful, or fragile in any way. He does not make mistakes. He purposes the gaps. He allows sacred spaces and blank places. He leaves room.
If we had all the blanks filled in, we would explain away God’s part in our story. God doesn’t want to be explained away. He wants to be invited in.
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