John 3:1-8

John 3:1-8 
English Standard Version (ESV)

  When you're a kid, you assume your parents know everything.  I listen to the questions my kids ask me, some of which can get pretty deep, and there's an implicit expectation that I will know the answers.  When I confess that I don't have the answer to some of their biggest questions, it confuses them.  As they grow up and have kids of their own, they'll realize how little I really knew!
  Some church leaders create an atmosphere where questions aren't encouraged.  But church leaders don't always have all the answers, now or back then.  "I don't know" is sometimes the right answer, but pride can get in the way of acknowledging that, so some people will make the person asking the question feel bad.  Please don't invest your time and energy in organizations led by such people.  Find a place where you are encouraged to ask questions and discover what is true and what is unknown. 
  Nicodemus is a ruler of Jews, but he comes to Jesus because he realizes that he has reached the end of his knowledge, and in Jesus he recognizes that there is still more.  In Jesus, he finds something Truer than he has ever known, and it is beyond what his mind can grasp.  He wants to see the Kingdom of God, but he's afraid his aged eyes cannot look at the world that way.  Jesus is inviting him into something bigger, but he's so anchored in the reality that he's struggling to grasp it, even as a leader of the people of God.
  Faith isn't always easy for anyone.  We all have moments where we try and wrap our minds around what God has done, is doing and has promised to do.  Ever tried to imagine what the myriads of myriads described in Revelation look like?  Or tried to picture a resurrection body?  God is beyond us, beyond what we can grasp in our human minds, but God also comes to us to ensure that we can know God and be fully known by God.