Let’s Just Not Know

In a study I’m reading right now about Sabbath, a story came up about a pastor who was on Sabbatical.

He and his wife chose to spend time abroad during his time off; as they took time to explore unfamiliar streets in awe they would point to things they were noticing in excitement and say things like, “I wonder when that building was created?” and “I wonder if this is the chapel people told us to see?”

And here’s the coolest thing they did (well, I think it’s cool, haha): instead of looking these answers up immediately on their phones, they chose to sit in wonder. They actually said something that’s stuck with me for quite a while now which I’ve also adopted into my own language much to the annoyance of my husband, kids, my team mate Mita, and others, haha.

They said, “Let’s just not know!”

Gah!

How amazing a response is that?! “Let’s just not know!” I stinkin’ LOVE this approach and I think the concept of leaving a little mystery in life is biblically aligned, too.

These days, it takes all of 2.5 seconds for our sense of wonder to dissipate as we whip out our iPhones in search of literally any answer. To any question. At any time. Rarely are we comfortable “not knowing.”

But!

When I searched the word “wonder” on the website Bible Gateway, it told me that it appears nearly 300 times throughout the scriptures. Now that’s gotta tell us something. Maybe there’s something to this “not knowing” that may be beneficial for all of us!

When’s the last time you allowed yourself to sit in wonder?

In Ecclesiastes,  it says,

Just as you cannot understand the path of the wind or the mystery of a tiny baby growing in its mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the activity of God, who does all things.

- Ecclesiastes 11:5

And in Isaiah, it says,

Truly, O God of Israel, Savior, you work in strange, mysterious ways.

- Isaiah 45:15

We can drive ourselves crazy sometimes wanting to have all of the answers and needing to know all the whys.

But maybe a little mystery, a little wonder, a little “not knowing” may be the exact way God increases our trust in Him. And even beyond that, maybe “not knowing” is also meant to increase our overall enjoyment of life.

So, again I ask…. My friends, when’s the last time you sat in wonder? Maybe today we can “not know” together. I dare you to try. Heehee….

Love you!

Kyle Moss

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