Some verse of Scripture are at once both handy and frustrating. One that fits that description is Deuteronomy 29:29, which says “The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.”
The fact that “the secret things belong unto the Lord” is very handy when, say, your children ask you Bible questions that you do not know the answer to. But that phrase is very frustrating when you are the one needing answers.
I suppose we will all just have to get used to the fact that we will never have all the answers we would like in this life. But when I get to heaven, friend, there are some questions I certainly intend to ask.
• Why did Noah not use his time at sea to stomp out both ticks, both spiders and maybe even swat both flies? Future generations would have surely built him a monument for his service.
• When God scattered the people at the tower of Babel by making them speak all sorts of new and different languages, did he do so by making all new words or by making all of the old words mean new things to different people? If he did the latter, how many fights broke out from someone asking for a trowel and being handed a ham sandwich instead?