Hebrews 3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest.
I grew up in a church that taught you do not question God. (At least that’s how I interpreted what I was taught at a young age.) However, questioning and unbelief are not the same thing at all. Unbelief says I don’t trust what you say as truth. Questioning, to me, says I’m trying to understand.
Hebrews 3:12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
In many ways, I’m still like the annoying toddler saying Why? Why? Why? But my intentions are pure. Especially with God, I’m often trying to reconcile unpleasant realities with the loving, merciful God whom I trust fully. “I know You love me, Lord, but I don’t understand this situation.”
Hebrews 3:13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Lord, Thank You for the inquisitive mind You gave me. Thank You for the desire to understand. Use it to draw me closer to You, to shine Your light, to comfort Your people. Amen.
Hebrews 3:14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
Have a blessed day.