Gashugi Yves 
How Can Someone Miss a Place They Have Never Been?
Six years ago, I often wondered why we believers like to pray and sometimes sing, saying, “We long for our homeland in Heaven.” This made me question: How can someone miss a place they have never been to? Wouldn’t that be madness?
God was pleased to answer my question through the Holy Scriptures, which say: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived—these things God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed them to us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God (1 Corinthians 2:9–10).
From these words, I learned that the reason we long for the place we are going to is because God did not intend for it to remain a mystery. Instead, He lets us know about it through the Holy Spirit, which makes us desire it. I also felt inspired to sing: “God keeps showing me His home; I see it coming closer as He reveals it to me. It makes me greatly desire to reach there—the dwelling place of God’s people, the New Jerusalem.” (Hymn 218 in Gushimisha, Part two).
Conclusion
Do you sometimes ask thoughtful questions to examine whether what you believe is truly correct? It is not wrong to ask such questions, because there is no answer without a question. In other words, if the word question did not exist in the dictionary, the word answer would not exist either. Moreover, the way we understand a question often determines the value of the answer we receive.
Dear brothers and sisters, as I conclude, I would like to remind you of the words spoken by Moses: “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.” (Deuteronomy 29:29).
Although asking questions to gain understanding is important, God has allowed us to know enough to live righteously before Him. The things He has chosen not to reveal will not harm our journey of salvation.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, let us be encouraged to ask thoughtful questions—not with the intention of criticizing, but with the desire to understand.
