Ants in your pants

The title of this post probably caught you a little off guard. I am not sure how appropriate it is, but it makes sense with what I want to share with you. "Ants in your pants." Has anyone ever said that to you? We get in a hurry sometimes and we get super impatient and antsy...that is when you have probably heard your parents or grandparents say: "What is the matter? Do you have ants in your pants?"

My parents and my grandparents have said that to me before, and I have heard other parents say it as well. Maybe it's just a small town in Ohio thing...

This morning I read Daniel chapter 12. I was sad that it was the last chapter of such an awesome and exciting book that really changed a lot about the way I think.

Daniel chapter 12 is a short chapter about The Time of the End. If you happened to read any of the other posts I made about Daniel, you might have heard The Time of the End referenced a couple of times.

In the beginning of chapter12, someone is writing about what he thinks The Time of The End will be like. I am not sure who this someone is.

"At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase." (Daniel 12:1-4) 

What I take away from this that Daniel is in this place where he wants to know everything about The Time of The End. He was given a little bit about what it might be like and now he wants to know everything. That is what we are like as humans. We can be so nosy sometimes. Think about when you're driving somewhere and you see an accident on the side of the road. Everyone drives by so slowly wanting to know what happened and wanting to know every little detail. We get a taste and then we want the whole thing. We are wired that way as humans...I believe that we are a peace when we know all of the information. I also believe we don't need to know everything. We aren't meant to know every detail about every little thing that happens on a daily basis.

You know what else we aren't supposed to know every detail about? God. If we new every little detail about God, God wouldn't be God. God would be god. If we new everything about God there wouldn't be anything that we would want to learn about. If we aren't meant to know everything about God why would we think that we are meant to know everything else?

I think that is a pretty fair question to ask!

Daniel wanted to know all of these things. He was told to "shut up the words and seal the book, until The Time of The End." 

Everything that Daniel wanted to know, wasn't meant for him to know yet. Once we die and go to heaven someday, I believe all of our questions will be answered. I can't wait for that because I have a lot of questions I am going to ask. My point with this, is that someday we will know everything, and we don't have to know everything right now.

Fast forward a couple of verses and another man asks a question about how long will these wonders last and then Daniel asks what the outcome of things will be and again, the voice said: "Go your way Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end." You can see here that there is more impatience. Daniel again wanted to know the answer to these things and it wasn't time. The voice told Daniel to go his way. I believe that is what God is telling us. He wants us to continue to do our thing. To live the lives that we live. To stop worrying about wanting to knowing everything and to be patient. We will know everything someday. The time to know everything is not right now.

I am not saying that we won't know anything until that time comes. That would be a little dark. God will show us things and give us answers to things in our life every step of the way. We need to do a better job at being more aware of that. When we are aware and more attentive to what God is doing in our lives on daily basis, we will notice those things.  It's just not everything yet and we need to be okay with that.

So instead of being antsy, and having ants in your pants, take a breath, and come to the realization that someday we will know everything and someday we will be able to ask God all of the questions that we have.