It is written, Part 4

We continue reflecting on Scripture (with the next seven days downloadable below):

22. Find Grace In the Mystery 

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.

“As the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9)

Our capacities are limited. Physically, we can only run so fast and jump so high. Some of us run faster than others. Some of us can hardly defeat gravity. But there are boundaries placed on our physical abilities. 

 How much can we know?  How much information can we process? How many ideas and concepts can we fully grasp? Some of us are great with numbers. Some of us will never forget a face. But none of us, with our limited capacities, can understand all things.

God has no limits. The only boundaries around God are what His perfect character demands. Our God takes all that is and all that will be into account in making His ways. His perfect character of love, mercy, justice, grace, and righteousness guides His every choice. We cannot comprehend what or how, but His ways are perfect. 

We are not perfect. Our character, our very being, is flawed. We can only see so far. We can only know so much. We can only perceive what our finite minds can comprehend. Our ways and understanding, left to our own finite and flawed selves, will always be left wanting. 

Therefore, we must release our plans and perceptions into the hands of our God who is greater and better than all we can fathom. Let us trust Him in the midst of what confuses us. Let us remember who He is, what He has done, and what He has promised. No matter how bad things get, let us remember and believe—although we cannot fully grasp truth - we are good in the hands of our God who loves us.

Jesus, lead us to love You through our confusion, trusting that nothing confuses You.

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