“ULTIMATE QUESTIONS”
Leave no Doubt.
”Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?”
Romans 8:35 NIV.
Questions! Everyone has them, because it is impossible to know what you don’t know. Daily life is full of questions while offering few answers. But you can learn if you look where truth and wisdom can be found. Truth and wisdom rest in the Creator of all. The Bible foretold the nature of the Savior Who would come, “The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.” Isaiah 11:2 NKJ.
In the fertile ground of reverence, wisdom grows. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Proverbs 9:10. Wisdom is the application of knowledge. Questions encourage your desire to learn and when correctly answered, your knowledge increases.
Questions are good if they lead you to the right answers. If you don’t have questions and ask them, and understand the answers, you won’t know more than you already know. Without truth you will never increase in practical wisdom. Seek truth. Truth is the seedbed of wisdom. Solomon asked God for one thing. He asked for wisdom. Solomon wrote the wisdom books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.
From both his successes and failures, Solomon learned, “Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore, get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.” Proverbs 4:7 NKJ. That is great advice still. Without wisdom and knowledge, you neither learn nor grow. Knowledge provides information. Wisdom promotes inspiration. When you are not growing, you will not fulfill your God-given purpose in life.
Since I was a university student, this has been a life-verse for me, “That I may know Christ and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.” Philippians 3:10 NKJ. In my lifetime, I have had my share of questions. Everyone does. Life doesn’t always appear to make sense at a given moment.
When life is confusing and you have more questions than answers, you can rest, In the Father and His Son, “are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.” Colossians 2:2-3 NKJ. Paul viewed his life from God’s vantage point. “Now we see things imperfectly . . then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.” Read 1 Corinthians 13:9-12 NLT.
In God’s Word, you discover wisdom and truth. Acquaint yourself with God’s Word. You will always find truth and wisdom there. Above all else, one question must not remain unclear or unanswered. Ask yourself, “where will I spend eternity?” That is the ultimate question. Let me be clear. This is the ultimate truth, “Salvation is in no other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 NKJ. Jesus is His name.
Paul wrote with triumph and conviction, ”Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? . . For I am convinced that neither death nor life . . nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God.” Read Romans 8:36-39 NKJ. Those words are your ultimate assurance.
My prayer for you today is to be assured that you have settled eternal matters.
EDL Communications 2019
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