{"id":8347,"date":"2026-08-09T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T12:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondayministry.com\/blog\/?p=8347"},"modified":"2026-08-09T08:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T12:00:06","slug":"how-god-keeps-us-on-our-toes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mondayministry.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/09\/how-god-keeps-us-on-our-toes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How God Keeps Us On Our Toes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8-10-26<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I call it \u201cBlessed Ambiguity.\u201d<br><br>There are some things the Bible does not fully explain. Having been written over several centuries, scribed by many men, in three languages, on three continents \u2013 yet confirming itself in thousands of major and minor details, never with a significant contradiction in its 66 component books \u2013 we can trust it as God\u2019s inspired Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet there are points where He left us to wonder. One such point that causes me to wonder \u201cWhy mention it in the first place?\u201d is when Jesus was confronted by a bloodthirsty mob of Jews who wanted His opinion on their intention to stone an adulterous woman to death. Scripture tells us that the Savior was calmly writing in the dirt. Huh? Why? And what was He writing? And why even mention this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My own opinion, and others have different guesses, is that He might have written the numbers 1 to 10\u2026 to prepare a reminder to the supposedly religious mob of the 10 Commandments. And \u201clet him who is without sin cast the first stone.\u201d But\u2026 that is an opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are more major points of doctrine \u2013 for instance, elements surrounding the Rapture; and when the Tribulation will occur; and many <em>et cetera<\/em>s \u2013 where God could have been clear. But He chooses ambiguity\u2026 I believe for three reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To keep us focused on the more important topics: that is, such questions do not affect our salvation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To have us do, in these latter days, what He had the writers of Bible books do before the Apostolic Age \u2013 search Scripture, look for antecedents, confirmations, and what God has already decreed on vital topics. After all, that is what Christ and His Church mean to us: \u201cIt is finished\u201d is not an open door to engage in everlasting debates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To \u201ckeep us on our toes\u201d \u2013 to be conscious and prayerful about spiritual matters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore I invite us to think of other \u201cBlessed Ambiguities.\u201d The world and skeptics might see these as \u201cAha!\u201d moments \u2013 flaws in the Bible\u2019s claim to inerrancy, but I see them as God challenging us to prioritize matters that matter in our spiritual lives. Besides, God is God! Trust the ways He presents His truths and His purposes and His will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Countless times, a theme of Scripture is presented as \u201csurrender\u201d leads to \u201cvictory.\u201d Is this logical? In a spiritual context, this is <em>not<\/em> a contradiction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Similarly, despite examples of God\u2019s people being warriors, e.g., David; the Bible paints many pictures of boldness for the Lord from a posture of\u2026 being on our knees. Is this logical? In a spiritual context, this is <em>not<\/em> a contradiction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When it comes to the matter of prayer, approaching our Heavenly Father, the Bible sometimes counsels us to be insistent\u2026 but sometimes patient. We often must pray, in other words, about <em>how<\/em> to pray. Is this logical? In a spiritual context, this is <em>not<\/em> a contradiction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Job, among other heroes of the faith, urgently prayed\u2026 and then waited on the Lord. Yet elsewhere we are told to \u201cboldly\u201d approach the Throne of Grace. Is this logical? In a spiritual context, this is <em>not<\/em> a contradiction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>God issued Commandments, and uncountable rules for behavior, yet He also invited mankind to \u201ccome, let us reason together.\u201d Is this logical? In a spiritual context, this is <em>not<\/em> a contradiction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He is \u201cGod Who delivers us,\u201d yet many believers are troubled that He still has us walk through the valley of the shadow of death and enter the fiery furnaces, instead of sparing us the trials. Is that \u201cdelivery\u201d? Yes to God, but is this logical to mankind? In a spiritual context, this is <em>not<\/em> a contradiction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There is the basic, and age-old, universal question \u2013 Why is there sin in the world? Why does God permit evil? Why do bad things happen to \u201cgood\u201d people? People forget God\u2019s sovereignty and the trust we must show. It is a matter of whether this is logical. In a spiritual context, this is <em>not<\/em> a contradiction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hebrews 11 is called the Hall of Fame of Faith: a list of figures throughout Bible history who are amazing examples of obedience, forbearance, and faith. Yet not one of them realized the goals they adopted and to which God pointed them! Is this logical? In a spiritual context, this is <em>not<\/em> a contradiction. (This is a list of the faithful, not personal accomplishments: a clear lesson to us of God\u2019s priorities.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 and so forth. There are many such \u201cblessed contradictions\u201d in this perfect and complete record of God\u2019s will for our lives. Is this logical? In a spiritual context, these are <em>not<\/em> contradictions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They <em>are <\/em>all matters to pray about, however. They all affect our behavior\u2026 our obedience\u2026 our conduct\u2026 our examples to others\u2026 our \u201cwitness\u201d&#8230; our relationship with God\u2026 but not our acceptance by Him. Trusting in Christ as His Son, His sacrificial atonement, His victory over death, and His resurrection \u2013 those simple (?) matters are not ambiguities!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is this logical? For God\u2019s sake \u2013 and ours \u2013 yes.<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>+ + +<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nvSXuTJX_Ok\"><u>God Is God<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8-10-26 I call it \u201cBlessed Ambiguity.\u201d There are some things the Bible does not fully explain. 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