Recently, in the high school class, we were studying Luke’s account of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Luke 19:28-34 details that Jesus sent two disciples to go find a colt that was tied in which nobody had ever sat upon before. The disciples were to find this colt and bring it back to Jesus. The colt would be used for Jesus to ride upon into Jerusalem.
It’s interesting that Jesus told these two disciples that if anyone were to ask what they were doing with the colt, they were to respond, “The Lord has need of it.” This did in fact happen, as they were untying the colt, the owners approached and asked what they were doing. Several questions come to mind when reading this passage. Who were the owners of the colt? Surely there was some dialogue there between themselves and Jesus’ disciples. Perhaps they were believers in Jesus and didn’t ask any further questions and being told the Lord needed their colt. Have you ever thought about whether Jesus returned the colt to them? The Bible details that Jesus was received like a war hero returning from battle. He rode into Jerusalem on this colt while his disciples were spreading articles of clothing on the road along with palm branches, but there’s no details provided about whether the colt was returned to the owners or not.
The Bible does not record every historical detail, and for some, that’s very troubling. However, the fact remains that the purpose of God’s Word is not to satisfy all our curiosities. In fact, it wouldn’t be practical for us to have every historical detail recorded. The apostle John put it this way, “And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.” (John 21:25 NASB) Although some unanswered questions are intriguing to us, we should spend more time focusing on what has been revealed to us rather than what has not. Moses said, “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law” (Deuteronomy 29:29 NASB). We need to accept that there are some ‘secret things’ that continue to belong to God. He has revealed many things to us and has chosen to not reveal many other things. So, rather than insisting that we have the answer to every question we can imagine, we need to accept that “...His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness...” (2 Peter 1:3 NASB). Rather than focusing on the unknown, we can have peace in our lives because the God who knows all, has given us exactly what we need to live godly lives.
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