Answers shouldn't Kill Curiousity

So here I am, hanging in my favorite coffee shop. Sucking back some caffeine, and I stumble on a blog that has asked a very deep question that we try to answer simply. "who made God?" I will give my opinion and thoughts on that question, but first I need to deal with the fact that we assume the "wrestling" goes away when we provide an answer, but truth is, it doesn't. It may "whet" our curiosity for the time being, but honestly isn't that bad? Don't we wanna be curious about the creator! Shouldn't we want to look up to the stars with a curious gaze in wonder and awe and ask these ominous questions of the creator. Shouldn't we invoke curiosity in others? I know that I have so many questions and some answers seem small in regards to the question, so I keep asking w/ the hopes that more answers come, that more perspectives are given. That a broader picture of the Creator, Our God is given. That I gain insight into who Jesus is!

So back to the original question. "Who made God?" The quick and obvious answer is, No one... God didn't need to be made. We assume that since everything we know was "created" that God needed to be "created" as well. What I have found is that He made the "rules", He is the one that created the idea that things needed to be "created". Yea, see it is not as simple as it sounds hunh? There is still a leap of faith required.

A bigger question to ask, is "does this change" the story. Assuming that God did need to be created,does this assume that whoever created God is more powerful. Isn't that the big question here, is God the most powerful? To create is power, yes? That is my big argument w/ that statement. It would appear that if God were "created" that there would be another powerful being, and that would also be a problem, because scripture tells us that there is only ONE GOD. But again, assuming we settle scripturaly that someone could have created God, it doesn't change the fact that "God" created our earth, that we were separated from Him and He provided the way back to Him because of His undying love for us. Again, that is the bigger statement, does it change again thing if He was created!

To conclude, I again believe that we should continue to ask questions about our creator and wait for answers, w/out assuming that when we get a few that we can close the book on the questions. Truthfully I feel like God invites these questions. Think about it this way for a second, imagine we are on a date w/ someone and we ask a few questions to get to know them, once they answer a few do we stop asking? No, we ask more or we ask them to unfold their answers so we can get to know them better.

My point... keep the questions coming, keep searching for answers. Jeremiah 33:3 "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and mighty things which you do not know"

just my 2 cents for the day.

dj

Jesus says "rest" not "sleep".

So here I am preparing my lesson for youth on Sunday Night, and God led me to the verse Matthew 26:40-44. Here the disciples were found sleeping when Jesus needed them to pray w/ Him. This is interesting b/c you would think that sleeping would be ok... (I know it is but humor me for a minute) Here is what I got from this text, often we grow weary when we are called to do good, e.g.- Prayer, etc. We do need to "rest" in God though, b/c working for His Kingdom can get exausting. Jesus was teaching us to "REST" rather then to just "SLEEP".

I know I have to do a better job of "RESTING" on my "day off".... yea that is in quotes because we never really have a day off. Thus the point of resting. :-)

Just my 2 cents for the day!

dj