Why Doesn’t God Make Himself More Obvious?
Perhaps God is not hiding answers from us. Perhaps he is inviting us into a relationship.
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One of the most common questions I receive beneath my articles is also one of the most difficult to answer.
It appears in slightly different forms, but the underlying idea is the same:
“If God really exists, why does he make himself so difficult to find? Surely an all-powerful God could make his existence obvious to everyone.”
It is not only a fair question; it is an important one.
In fact, I think it is one of the biggest questions anyone exploring faith has to wrestle with. If God wants to be known, why not simply announce himself? Why leave room for doubt? Why allow sincere people to reach different conclusions? Why does the Bible sometimes seem to reveal God clearly while leaving so many questions unanswered?
At first glance, it seems like a strange approach. If the purpose is for people to know God, surely the message should be impossible to misunderstand.
Perhaps that assumption is where we need to begin.
In fact, we could be assuming that the clearest possible revelation would necessarily be the best one.
And I am no longer sure that is true.
Perhaps the question is not whether God has revealed himself, but whether we are expecting God to reveal himself in the way we would choose.
