God is so good to us. He is patient and kind when we are
stubborn and impulsive. We want what we want when we want it, but He knows what
is best. His love for us causes Him to deny us some things that may seem good
to us, but He knows better.
For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD.
For 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
My question for you today is, do you believe in the truth of
these verses? Do you believe that His ways are higher—Not just different, but
actually higher? This means that His thoughts are better informed, more wise,
and more insightful than ours. Our God knows the past, the future, and every
detail of every eventuality of our lives.
How can we even begin to think that we know better than He, what is best
for us? How can we question His goodness and mercy when we have all of the
Scriptures to inspire our prayers?
Our belief should inform our patience. When things are not
going as we would like them to go, we must remember these verses and trust in
His superior thoughts and ways. No matter what we think should be happening, we
can always be 100% sure that His plan is better. It may even be that His plan
is not that much different from ours, but He wants us to wait for His timing in
it.
Bottom line: We do not know what God is doing, why He is
doing it, or when it will change. We only know God, and we know Him from the
Scriptures. We simply cannot allow our circumstances to determine our view of
God, or change Him into someone He is not, just so that He fits our ideas
better. God is God, and He does what He pleases with what is His. Rather than dwelling on the first part of this statement, wondering and worrying about what God is doing, we
should focus on the truth of the last part of it: We are His. There is no better news we could get
than this. We are His, and whatever pleases Him will be the absolute best thing
for us. Praise the Lord!
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