Would Knowing the Facts Really Make a Difference

I am sorting through old books and files: deciding what to keep and what to pitch as Judy and I prepare for the next era of our lives. Downsizing has been a part of our goal for some time; now it is moving ahead with vigor.

The process of sorting brushes the dust off many things long forgotten. That is especially true when it involves going through files and deciding which papers are to go the way of the dumpster. Sometimes one discovers something which makes him think. I just found one such. It is a pretty card designed for someone's refrigerator and it gives this definition for God's will:

Exactly what I would choose if I knew all the facts.

I do not know if that jolts you. It does me; and, worse, there was a time when I think I shrugged my shoulders and said, "Sure." Now I look at it with an eyebrow raised. If I were an unsaved person I would certainly argue the point. 

Given the fact that a person who has not faith in Christ is a rebel who lives by the motivation of "my kingdom come, my will be done," all the facts would not satisfy him if his desires were not the center of the conclusion. God's ways would not be his ways. The notion that the human heart basically desires the things of God but doesn't know it, is unbiblical; yet, it lies at much of an  evangelism which seeks points of "agreement" with the unsaved to show the reasonableness of trusting Christ. To the committed rebel, trusting Christ is unreasonable since it flies in the face of the facts as he wants them in his make believe cosmos.

What then of me as a believer in Christ. Am I in harmony with this definition? It will be one day; but even yet, there is a lot of "my kingdom come" lingering in my wants. It is not knowing all the facts which brings me into harmony with the will of God. It is becoming more and more immersed in the character of God which brings me into harmony with the facts. If anything, the definition should read:

Exactly what I would choose if I were in harmony with the character of God 

and trusted him to do the right thing.

Even in Heaven, our songs of glory to God will not be because we know all the facts, but because we know this fact:: he has redeemed us unto God out of every people and tongue and nation and has made us into a priestly kingdom to represent him in the unfolding ages.