Don't Spoil It With Questions

In the new Mary Poppins movie, when she tells the kids that they're going to the Royal Doulton Music Hall, their responses are:

- "Where?"
- "What's that??"

But Mary Poppins doesn't give them the answers they were looking for. Instead, her response is, of course, practically perfect in every way: "We're on the brink of an adventure children. Don't spoil it with questions."

The unknown scares me. I don't like making decisions without knowing all the variables, all the pros and cons fully weighed up. Walking into a dark room freaks me out because I can't see what it holds. I don't look forward to going to a party when I don't know who will be there. The future can be overwhelming because I can't predict and plan for all that it holds.

We love to have all the answers and know all the things, don't we?

Unfortunately for the planners and understanders among us, a life of faith is not one filled with every answer, all the time. In fact, faith is pretty much the opposite of that. And faith is what we're called to live by.

Sometimes God does explain and sometimes He doesn't. And that's okay. Because obedience doesn't require explanation.

But it does require trust. Trust that He who calls us is all knowing and inherently loving and good (1 John 3:20). Trust that He has our best interests at heart and works all things for our good (Romans 8). Trust that he sees the end and knows our stories and has a plan (Jere 29 / Psalm 139).

When we trust Him, it enables us to freely obey. Obey without explanations. Obey without answers.

And when we do, we will find ourselves on the most incredible adventure with Jesus.