As a father of a 3-year-old and an 11-year-old, I have come to realize that around the age of 3 and sometimes still at 11 ;), children seem to think they know more than their parents. I will point to something, let’s say it’s a picture of an ostrich, and tell my 3-year-old something like, “This is an ostrich.” and he will respond, “No, it’s not.”

He’ll even do this when he knows he doesn’t know. He’ll ask me what something is. I’ll tell him. Then, he’ll tell me I’m wrong.

AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Sometimes we act like this with God. We read something in His Word and then tell Him He’s wrong. Or we ask someone about something, they tell us what the Bible says, and we tell them they are wrong.

God Is the Authority
When Jesus taught, people were amazed. They were amazed because He didn’t teach like someone who learned about something and then taught about it. He taught as someone who really knew it, like He’d written it Himself. (Hint – He had.)

We need to have the same amazement. Jesus and the Word He has given us aren’t just another piece of wisdom to be evaluated. The Bible isn’t something to be considered as something we may decide to agree with. It is the authority.

God is the authority on all things because He created it all. So, when we come across something in the Bible that we struggle to agree with, we need to have the humility to realize, we are the ones who need to change, not God.

My 3-year-old telling me the ostrich isn’t an ostrich doesn’t change the fact that it is, in fact, and ostrich. Our disagreeing with God doesn’t change how things work, what is right or wrong, or what really happened in history. 

Heavenly Father,

You created all things. You hold all things together. You are the ultimate authority of all things. Thank You for revealing Yourself and creation to us in Your Word. Help me to humbly receive Your Word and accept it, changing what I believe to fit what You say.

Amen.