You Do Not Know 你尚且不得知道
“As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.”
Author: Pastor Ben So
We are coming to the end of the circuit breaker implemented by our government. The good news is the community spread numbers have reduced. In life, there are many unknowns and we will not know when the Covid19 pandemic will end.
Like the preacher in Ecclesiastes 11:5 said, as we do not know the way of the spirit that enters the child in the mother’s womb, so we do not know the work of God the Creator. There are many things that science cannot explain and only God knows. The Lord’s way is higher than our ways and His thoughts are way above ours (Isa 55:8-9). Often we try to comprehend reasons for things that had happened but we may not always get the answer.
Like why had God allowed His servant Dr Ravi Zacharias, the apologist, to be inflicted with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer? According to Christianity Today, Dr Zacharias preached in more than 70 countries and authored more than 30 books in his 48-year career, teaching Christians how to engage with skeptics, arguing that the Christian worldview has robust answers to humanity’s existential questions.
Why did God choose not to heal Dr Zacharias but to take him home on the 19th of May 2020 at the age of 74? We do not have the answers to God’s decision but we need to trust that God is in charge and sovereign over it all. We need to be comfortable with the ‘do not know’ and know that it is fine because we put our confidence in a God who knows.
We can be assured that as we work on our faith in God, He will draw us closer to Himself and use us for His mighty works. Our time on earth is short. We do not know when our turn to meet Him will be, but we do know that we will have to account for our actions. I trust that God is pleased with Dr Ravi Zacharias’ ministry on earth and may we also be faithful till the end of our race.
Let us put our worries at the foot of the cross and meditate on Matthew 11:28-30
“28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.””
You may also want to visit the Youtube channel of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries: https://www.youtube.com/user/rzimmedia
“风从何道来，骨头在怀孕妇人的胎中如何长成，你尚且不得知道；这样，行万事之神的作为，你更不得知道。”
作者：苏振豪传道
新加坡政府实行的阻断措施即将告个段落。好消息是我国境内的传染个案有明显减少。我们一生中会有许多不知道的事，这次的疫情究竟几时才能结束，我们也不得而知。
传道书的作者在第11章5节这么说到：骨头在怀孕妇人的胎中如何长成，我们尚且不得知道，所以行万事之神的作为，我们更不得知道。世上许多事是无法用科学解释的，唯有神知晓。耶和华的道路及意念远高过我们的（以赛亚55：8-9）。我们常想用自己的逻辑思维去明白事情背后的原因，但是我们不一定都能找到答案。
像是，为何上帝选择让祂的仆人，当代著名的基督教护教者，拉维‧撒加利亚 医生，患上罕见的癌症肉瘤？根据今日基督教统计，撒加利亚医生去了超过70个国家宣教，在他48年的职业生涯中也写了多过30本书。他教导基督教徒如何与怀疑者沟通，并主张基督教世界观对环绕人类生存的意义等问题有着强而有力的答案。
为什么神没有医治74岁的撒加利亚医生，反而在2020年5月19日这天带他回天家？对于这个疑问，我们没有答案，但是我们必须相信神主宰这一切。我们必须坦然接受自己的有限与‘不知道’，因为我们所信靠的神是“无所不知”的。
我们可以确信，当我们加强对神的信心，祂必定与我们靠近，并通过我们完成祂伟大的事工。我们在世上的时间是很短的。我们不会知道几时轮到自己与祂见面，但可以肯定的是，我们必须为自己在世上的言行举止交代。我相信，神对撒加利亚医生在世的事工是满意的，希望我们也能在这信心的旅程中坚持到最后。
让我们把所有的忧虑都放在十字架前，并默想马太福音11：28-30.
“凡劳苦担重担的人可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。29 我心里柔和 谦卑，你们当负我的轭，学我的样式；这样，你们心里就必得享安息。30 因为我的 轭是容易的，我的担子是轻省的。”