Life entails a series of endless questions we want answered. We move through our days asking, “How will I pay this?” Or “Why did this happen?” and eventually, we arrive at the “tormenting questions”—the ones that keep us awake until dawn.
In today’s world, where information and technology have advanced significantly, we have become addicted to finding answers right away. But what happens when the answers don’t come?
Mark chapter 12 offers a radical alternative to our modern obsession with “knowing.” In this biblical narrative, Jesus is bombarded with questions about taxes, marriage, and law. Yet, the climax of the chapter isn’t a final explanation; it is a deep silence: “After that, no one dared question Him anymore” (Mark 12:34).
But why did they stop asking?
We usually ask questions for three reasons: to understand, to challenge, or to teach. The religious leaders of Jesus’ day used questions as weapons to trap and find fault in Him.
But there are also questions born of deep pain. Why did a father walk away? Why did a career fail despite hard and honest work? Why did a loved one die in the prime of life? Why does this happen to me?
The turning point in our spiritual journey occurs when we realize that our questions feel so big only because our vision of Jesus has become too small. When tragedy strikes, we feel God is unfair.
In that moment, the question “Why?” is a giant. And it always goes with, “Why me, Lord? What did I do wrong that you allow this to happen?
However, through Mark 12, we see that the goal of the Christian life is not to have a God who explains Himself, but to have a God who is Lord.
When we encounter the Lordship of Christ, the “Why” doesn’t necessarily get answered, but it does get settled. We move from being “Surface Christians”—who only follow when the logic adds up—to being like the poor widow in the temple. She had every reason to ask why God let her become a widow and why she was so poor, yet she chose to give her last two coins. She traded her questions for trust.
In life, we acknowledge that we don’t always have the answers, but we know the One who does. We choose to believe that “He knows it all, and that’s enough.”
Healing begins not when we understand the “plan,” but when we no longer need to know the plan. It is the courage to keep moving forward, trusting the heart of God even when we cannot trace His hand.
We stop asking because knowing Him finally is enough.
𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘴, 𝘋.𝘔𝘪𝘯., 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘢𝘯. 14, 2026, 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 third 𝘥𝘢𝘺 of the 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳.