“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Jesus Christ Luke 11:9-10
Rarely do I have reason to walk around to that side of the building. There is really nothing of value or import over there that would require my time or interest. But one thing led to another thing and soon, there I was, standing and looking up at something I did NOT want to see! Apparently it had been there for quite some time…laying undiscovered. Until I discovered it!
The conditions of discovery had to be just right. It was raining and HAD been for some time. The odds of me being outside, over there, and looking up in such conditions, were pretty low! But the discovery was made, and ‘discovery’ now led to the NEXT step of the process. Now it has become a ‘Question of Responsibility!’ What CAN and WILL I DO about it!
I can’t unsee what I saw. Once discovery is made, discovery can exit the stage. I didn’t invent rain, buildings, gravity or vision…though all of those nouns were involved in the ‘discovery process.’ Their existence moved me from ignorance to a real problem. One that requires even MORE questioning, involvement, discovery, knowledge and…POSSIBLY…wisdom. Suddenly, a thought from the land of ‘stupid’ hit me…”I wish I hadn’t seen that!”
I KNOW that it is not a crime to be ignorant about a subject. It just means I DON’T know something. Stupidity camps out when, after ‘discovery’ has made an appearance, the choice to STAY ignorant enters my brain. I am not responsible for rain or gravity. But I WILL suffer the consequences, and inherit guilt, if I choose to ignore what I have discovered!
There are universal laws in play that SCREAM out, “we have a problem.” I KNOW God exists! That I am created for more, that I am sinful, that this world is not an accident and that there HAS to be an answer to the hollowness of life. God is calling…SCREAMING even! Just to ‘look up’ and catch a GLIMPSE of His Godliness immediately removes me from the ignorant to the guilty!
Jesus came along and baited His Father’s trap with the famous words of today’s Bible verse. He implies, ‘how badly do you WANT to know the Truth and how far are you willing to GO to DISCOVER it?’ Because now that I am no longer ignorant, He’s next statement simply says…”Now it’s YOUR move!”
So??? WhatdaYOUknow???
