Isaiah 55:8-9
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, said 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.
What of Today’s Verse…
No matter how we try to perceive God, he is still God and we are not. We must forever remember that the original and still primary sin was to try to become like God in terms of knowledge and understanding. We are to know God, but we can never fully know him. We are to take on his character, but we cannot approach his majesty. This is both exciting and frustrating. But the promise remains that one day we will be like him and see him as he is.
Let us Pray…
Tender Shepherd, thank you for being so patient with me when I cannot fully understand and appreciate your holy and transcendent character. Thank you for sending Jesus so I can know you better and trust you to know me better than I know myself. I look forward to seeing you face to face when Jesus comes to bring me home. Until that day, please know I love you. Through Jesus I offer my thanks and praise. Amen.
Words of Wisdom
Uncertainty…
Something unexpected will happen today. No matter how thoroughly you have planned each moment, something you did not plan for will come along.
You can choose to let it annoy you and disrupt you. You can worry and fret about things not going the way you planned. Or, you can accept that every day will have some uncertainly, and then adapt to whatever comes along.
Though uncertainty can be annoying or even frightening, just think of all the good things it has brought you — that valuable new idea that came to you out of the blue, or that great new friend you didn’t expect to meet.
The future is uncertain. Sure, we need to plan in detail and then follow our plans. Yet we must also realize and accept that few things will turn out exactly the way we had in mind.
If you curse and fight uncertainty, it will ruin your plans. Instead, learn to accept and adapt to changing conditions, and you’ll find that things begin to turn out even better than you had planned.
