Isaiah 55:8-9 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.
There is a picturesque clause in the 55th Book of Isaiah in
which God reaches out to Israel to keep them in remembrance that only He can
provide for all their needs. God reminds them that His thoughts are so far
above ours that we cannot calculate them with human measurement. As parents, we
love our children, and as they grow into adulthood, we do things for them that
they may not understand. Similarly, God does things in our lives that we cannot
understand. As we grow and mature over the years, we look back and see what our
earthly parents did for us was for our good and helped us mature. It works the
same way with God; the more we grow and mature in the knowledge of His Word,
the easier time we will have to understand that the valleys we walk through are
to help us grow. These rough seas that we will have to navigate will help us
grow in faith that God is in control.
We live our lives in a
material world, and we naturally focus our attention on our physical needs.
Unfortunately, when we focus on our earthly needs, we will miss the growth and
maturity process that God has planned for us. God focuses on the big picture;
we sometimes wear figurative blinders that block out the heavenly matters and
only allow us to see what is right in front of us, the temporary. When God
promises us that all things will work out for the good of all that love Him
(Romans 8:28), His analysis of good may not be our idea of good. This misunderstanding on our part is because we
cannot see into the future, but God can, and He knows how His work in our lives
will affect us and others around us.
We will experience times
that God will allow sorrow and grief to come into our lives. God allows this
pain in our walk to produce the character of Christ Jesus to mature in our
lives (Romans 8:29). He relieves our sorrow and hurt so that we may help others
in their grief and pain (2 Corinthians 1:4). God’s objectives for our lives are
on a much higher plain than our goals because He sees eternally, where our
vision is limited to this life. Our encounters are but a small piece in a
gigantic puzzle encompassing the history of life on this planet, from the
Garden to the Second Coming of Christ Jesus. There will be times that we do not
comprehend our small parts of the puzzle; however, we can keep our faith and
trust in the knowledge that God does. As we put our faith in God’s master plan,
our earthly focus will grow dim, and the light of Christ Jesus will shine in
our lives brighter as each day passes.
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