The Good Ignorance I

Can God pleasure in ignorance? Can any form of ignorance ever be graceful?

Is it not fascinating that God who is all-knowing (Omni-scient) will choose to keep Adam/Eve in ignorance of good and evil? Genesis 2:17 spells it out,

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Sometimes I wonder at the state of Adam's mind or even Eve's - before they ate the fruit and what was in their hearts. There was no war between good and evil thoughts as they were all perfect. But what is baffaling is why will God who said,

“For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;” (Proverbs 2:6 NKJV)

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge..... (Hosea 4:6)

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Prov. 1:22

restrict them from having knowledge?

How and why should He restrict what they know and cannot know? The whole cosmos was possibly accessible to them but just one thing was kept away from their reach.

They had knowledge of everything except one-thing. In fact, God generally does not vote for ignorance but in this special case out of His great knowledge He made room for 'good ignorance' - ignorance of the knowledge of good and evil.

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The all-knowing God voted for ignorance. WHY?

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So what really is 'Good ignorance' ?

Good ignorance is a divine call to restrict certain knowledge and experiences - a call to consecration according to God's master plan.

This concept of good-ignorance can also be termed knowledge-induced-ignorance or wisdom-motivated-ignorance.

For example, Jesus never married, never had sex - there was no need for it because that was part of his 'Good-ignorance-mandate'. John the Baptist had a barbaric life - whatever happened to strawberries, ice cream and the luxury life? These were alien to John at least from when he started his ministry. There are missionaries who will never enjoy the luxury of a car, David never enjoyed the magnificence of a palace, Solomon knew no wars - these were all part of the 'Good-ignorance mandate'. God in walking with these people restricted certain experiences in their lives so that each will accomplish his plans for them.

The good-ignorance-mandate ties into the words of Jesus about daily carrying our cross and following Him (Mtt 16:24-26).

Good-ignorance must come from our consecration to God, there's a way Jesus puts it,

But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! Luke 12:50

My proposition is that as we walk with God, there are some banks of knowledge he will keep from us or some experiences He will want to be martian from us. Walk with him and find yours.

What is your consecration? What is your 'Good-ignorance mandate?'

Shalom!