Johnny Nash: "There Are More Questions Than Answers"

This reggae artist was one of only a few who had hits in North America in the late sixties and early seventies. During those years, listeners were thirsty for new sounds and styles. As a consequence, it allowed this Caribbean artist to be heard along with folk rock, soul, and other highbred's of popular music.

Check out Johnny Nash's song here:


If people would just consult Holy Scripture, all their life questions would be answered. For example, people often question why they or their friends must suffer. They wonder why the Lord seems to have let them down.

Job certainly wondered aloud about why God appeared to be punishing and attacking him. Job 38:1-3 (Bible in Basic English) gives the answer to him and us. "And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,' Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge? Get your strength together like a man of war; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.'"

God then spoke for three chapters, showing Job how foolish and puny he was compared to him. The last chapter shows how Job and his "miserable comforters" erred. They didn't have the advantage of knowing God's purpose for Job's suffering as we do.

Persecution, in particular, is used by Christ to perform his will. We read Paul's understanding of it in Philippians 1:12-14 (BBE) where he wrote to that congregation from a filthy prison cell. "Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences; So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ; And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear."

The Bible says much about wisdom. In fact, James 1:5(BBE) encourages us to pray for it. "But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him." This applies to women too.

If our hope for Christ's return hasn't been fulfilled by Thursday, I hope to post about racial tensions in the U.S.A.