God of Wonders

The other day, two Jehovah’s Witnesses came by the house. Instead of rushing them away or arguing, we stood outside and talked for nearly thirty minutes. We talked about Revelation, the 144,000, the millennial reign, UFOs, spiritual beings, and all kinds of things most people are too uncomfortable to discuss openly.

At one point, I brought the kids out and introduced them. I wanted them to see something important: you don’t have to be afraid of people who think differently than you. You can be kind. You can ask questions. You can listen. You can disagree respectfully.

One of the biggest questions I asked them was this:

Why do we spend so much time trying to convert other Christians instead of focusing on people who have no faith, no hope, no direction, and no relationship with God at all?

That question has been sitting with me ever since.

Because the older I get, the more I realize how little we actually know.

And strangely enough, that realization hasn’t weakened my faith. It’s deepened it.

Modern Christianity often wants certainty about everything. Every doctrine neatly packaged. Every mystery solved. Every verse explained with complete confidence. But ancient believers and theologians often approached God differently. There was far more awe, mystery, and humility involved.

There’s actually an ancient theological concept called apophatic theology, sometimes called “negative theology,” which teaches that God is ultimately beyond human comprehension. That finite beings cannot fully understand an infinite Creator. That our language, categories, and intellect will always fall short of fully describing eternal reality.

Honestly, that makes sense to me.

The Bible itself hints at realities far stranger and more cosmic than many modern Western believers are comfortable admitting.

Genesis says: “Let us make mankind in our image.”

Our image.

Who is “our”?

Throughout history, theologians and scholars have debated this. Some point to the Trinity. Others point to what’s called the Divine Council worldview; the idea that God created and rules over a heavenly host of spiritual beings. Ancient Jewish thought was often deeply supernatural and cosmic in its understanding of reality.

The Bible speaks of angels, fallen beings, principalities, powers, heavenly realms, visions, wheels within wheels, spiritual warfare, giants, watchers, and things modern people often brush aside because they don’t fit neatly into our scientific materialist worldview.

But maybe ancient people weren’t as primitive as we assume.

Maybe they were trying to describe realities they experienced with the language available to them.

And maybe we are still doing the exact same thing today.

We live in a time where conversations about UFOs, UAPs, disclosure, multidimensional realities, consciousness, and unexplained phenomena are becoming increasingly mainstream. Governments are openly acknowledging that there are things in our skies and oceans they cannot explain. Former military personnel are speaking publicly. Scientists are beginning to ask deeper questions.

And while some people see this as a threat to faith, I honestly see the opposite.

To me, it expands the possibility of God rather than shrinking Him.

If God is truly eternal… truly infinite… truly the Creator of all things visible and invisible… why would we assume reality is limited only to what modern humans currently understand?

Why would we assume we’ve figured everything out?

The older I get, the more I believe humility may be one of the most important spiritual qualities a person can possess.

Not blind gullibility. Not abandoning discernment. Not chasing every conspiracy or strange idea.

But humility.

The humility to say: “I may not fully understand.” “There may be more happening than I realize.” “I could be wrong.” “God is bigger than my system.”

And through all of it, I keep coming back to the fundamentals of Jesus.

Love God. Love your neighbor. Care for the poor. Forgive people. Be humble. Serve others. Choose peace. Choose kindness. Choose mercy.

No matter what happens in the world… No matter what gets revealed… No matter how much larger and stranger reality may ultimately be…those teachings remain good.

They remain beautiful.

They remain worth living by.

There’s a quote often attributed to C.S. Lewis that captures this idea well:

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen—not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”

And honestly, even beyond debates, doctrines, mysteries, or unanswered questions, I still believe living a life rooted in love, humility, forgiveness, wonder, and service is one of the best ways a human being can possibly live.

Even if we don’t have every answer yet.