I think another way to say this would go something like this: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight” (Proverbs‬ ‭3‬:‭5-6).

The point is to be okay with unanswered questions. It’s to live with not knowing all the answers, especially questions like why and how. Trust means leaving it all up to the one who knows it all.

I remember when I was a child. I didn’t need to know everything. I could trust my parents had my best interests at heart and rest in their care for me. I could be a kid and sleep at night with the full assurance that I was in good hands.

I think that’s how it is for those who belong to Jesus. We can wear ourselves out trying to figure out everything or play out scenarios for every possible outcome, or we can choose not to trust in our own understanding and to lean on the Lord with all we are.

If we live consumed by the past or obsessed with the future, we miss the present. We miss God showing up and speaking to us in the here and now. We miss our lives.

As simplistic as it sounds, the best way is still to trust and obey. It’s to lean on God with all our hearts and minds and everything else. Then we can live with unanswered questions because we know the one with the answers.