The other day my wife and I were discussing Bluetooth technology. I proclaimed that I knew how it works because I could turn it on with one device and immediately it would connect with the other. She wanted a more detailed explanation. She said, “No, I really want you to explain in detail how that works. How is that possible?”
I will be the first to admit that there are many things I do not know. If I started to list all of them in this short article it would end up being longer than anyone would ever want to read. I don’t know everything about creation, about this world, about how everything works, about who will win the Super Bowl this year, or who will be the next U.S President.
In fact, I don’t claim to know everything there is to know about God or the Christian faith. In a recent small group conversation we discussed the importance of being able to say “I don’t know” sometimes when we really don’t know. Honesty is more respectable than trying to act like we know the answers to everything. We need to remember that as we share our faith with others. There are some things that only God knows and God intends for it to be that way for our own good. However, there are things revealed to us that help us to understand the incredible love and grace that God has shown to us through his Son Jesus Christ.
Doubting Thomas in John 20 had his doubt of Christ’s resurrection changed to “My Lord and my God!” when he saw the crucifixion wounds of Jesus for himself. Right after that Jesus said, “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” The day after my wife and I had the conversation about Bluetooth technology I heard a song by Christian music artist David Crowder that proclaimed over and over “This I Know!” I thought to myself. “There are a lot of things in life I don’t know (including how Bluetooth really works) but some of the fundamental and most important things I definitely do know.”