Contentment on the Unknown

Sometimes being too cerebral can go against us in spiritual life. We can take pride in our reasoning capacity that we forget that no matter how astonishing our brain capacity might be, we still have our limits. When we are dealing with God Who is omnipotent, we run the risk of limiting Him in order to fit Him with our thinking capacity. It would be like me trying to fit in into a no. 30 jeans... (no, my waist is not omnipotent by the way... thank you)

Yes, I have been in many situations where often times, my heart just can't be content by accepting that some things about God just can't be explained. Sometimes I feel challenged by these situation (which can be good, because it teased me into learning about God more), however, there are still limits to my understanding no matter how knowledgeable I am.

This is when I have to start to be careful because it is very easy in this situation for pride to interfere with my spiritual life. I can worry too much on understanding about God that my worry actually brings my spiritual life down. It takes wisdom and obedience to know and understand when God is trying to tell us something, and it takes humility to be content with our limitations as humans.


God bless you all,
Adrianus Indra Setiadi