Stop it. You Don’t Know Everything!

One thing that I’ve learned and still am learning is that I do not know everything! I would like to think that I do.

For example, I have a multitude of hats that I wear:
1. Husband
2. Father
3. Business Owner
4. Mentor
5. And the list goes on…

So, surely when my wife ask me a question concerning our immediate financial or spiritual future I will always have the right and Biblically correct answers (sarcastically). I definitely know how to lead my child in the ways of Christ, Academia, Social Interaction, Respect and Manners all the time (More Sarcastically)… after all I am called to train her in the ways of the Lord and Dad knows best (Not to neglect my experiential wisdom and knowledge). Do I just give them what they want to see and hear? Do I do that which appeases my ears and eyes? Or do that gives off a great perception?

Ideally, I would like to have all the answers and be the keeper of Truth because after all it’s my way or the highway. But I find in Scripture that God often doesn’t work, operate or even function in that manner. Many Biblical stories paint a different picture of a people who didn’t always know what was going on… regardless of the circumstance.

This is not to neglect those who believe in Prophecy, New Testament teachings on the gifts of the Spirit, or any other doctrinal matters concerning super special revelation. This post/blog is not designed to address that topic. Simply put… we are infinitely incapable of knowing everything, less we be God.

I’ve struggled with this truth in the past… be it Black, White, Asian, Latino, African, Middle Eastern, Husband, Wife, Parent, Business Owner, Pastor, Market Analyst, Hustler, Devout and Sold out Church Leader, Financially Stable Person, Poor, Successful Entrepreneur, High End Manager, CPA, Significant Other, Brother, Sister and etc. you will never know everything.

God takes broken and “missing the mark and standard type” people to accomplish his work within the Earth. A people who have recognized that they have talents, skills, abilities and treasures and are still limited to accomplish the things of God without God. A people who are humbled in the idea and truth that Jesus Christ is Lord. A people who can admit that THEY DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING. The ideas that I am writing about do not evolve around a blind and ignorant faith that says jump off a cliff and handle rattlesnakes in your hands. No! I am talking about the condition of our human frailty and the need to recognize our Creator’s call to intimately know Jesus Christ as our Everything… not our pride, human understanding, prejudices, traditions, successes, failures, experiences and etc.

Peter addresses the church (the people of God) in 1 Peter 5:5-7 with this statement from the Message Bible, “And you who are younger must follow your leaders. But all of you, leaders and followers alike, are to be down to earth with each other, for—
God has had it with the proud,
But takes delight in just plain people.
So be content with who you are, and don’t put on airs. God’s strong hand is on you; he’ll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you.”

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