Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Trusting God”
Our Bible verse for today: “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “For as heaven in higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “We can trust God because He has infinite wisdom.”
Here’s a truth that I have always found very comforting: “God is smarter than I am.” Yup, it’s true. God is smarter than me and therefore His wisdom far exceeds my own; His perspective matters more than mine does; and I can trust Him a lot more than I can trust myself.
Since it is true that God is smarter than me (He’s smarter than you too by the way), and since His ways are better than my ways, then it makes sense for me (and for you) to seek His ways instead of my own. The reasons for that are pretty obvious. For example, there are some real knuckleheads in this world who sometimes make me pretty mad. If I simply ignore them then I’ll probably end up living happily ever after anyway. But if I give into my impulse and actually do go ahead and strangle them (thereby breaking the sixth commandment), I’ll end up going to prison. So there you have it, God’s way is better than my way.
Likewise, sometimes the lazy side of me gains the upper hand and I start thinking about how nice it would be to not have to work. But then I’m reminded of what Paul wrote in 2 Thessalonians 3:10 that if a man doesn’t work he has no right to eat. That in turn causes me to think about how much I love my chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, and I’m reminded that said ice cream is not free, and off I go to work. Once again God is proved right.
The point in all this? God is smarter than we are. He knows what is best for us in every situation. We can trust Him because He has infinite wisdom and therefore His ways are always best.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 