Nigeria, Nov. 2 -- God does not want everybody to understand what He says:

"The disciples came and said to Him, 'Why do You speak to them in parables?' He answered and said to them, 'Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.'" (Matthew 13:10-11).

God does not want our faith in Him to be based on our own understanding. He says in Proverbs 23:4: "Because of your own understanding, cease!"

God wants us to believe what we do not understand. Solomon counsels: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding." (Proverbs 3:5).

God is only interested in the obedient. He wants to teach us obedience. He wants us to obey what we do not underst...