Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Boundaries”
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 is 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 are restricted by boundaries, but God is not.”
As human beings we are limited, hemmed in, by the boundaries of our humanity. We have the five senses of sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste but each of them only to a limited degree and we have nothing beyond that. There is no Spock-like sixth sense of mental telepathy which enables us to plant thoughts into the minds of other people or to read their minds. Telekinesis – the ability to move and lift objects simply by thinking about it – is the thing of science fiction movies.
We are also limited by our intellect. The human mind is an amazing thing but even the smartest person in the world doesn’t know everything. Likewise and most importantly, we are limited in our ability to understand God and His ways. We have very little understanding of anything supernatural. Being finite physical human beings with only five senses, we have great difficulty grasping the infinite and the spiritual.
I hate that. There’s so much I want to know and understand that’s just beyond me. How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Can God create a rock that’s so heavy even He can’t lift it? Will the Titans ever make it to the Super Bowl? So many questions, so few answers!
But on a more serious note, why do innocent children get incurable cancer? Why would a good God allow bad things to happen to the people who love and obey Him? Why is it that when we’re hurting and struggling, God often seems a million miles away?
There is so much we simply do not have the capacity to understand. We’re hemmed in by the boundaries of our humanity. But this is where faith comes in. It’s true that we are limited and restricted, but God is not. God sees all, knows all, and has control over all. God is good and He loves us. He will guide us when we cannot see, carry us when we are weak, and protect our interests when the problems are too big and too complicated for us.
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you. I will hold on to you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10 (HCSB)
While it’s true that we are limited by the boundaries of our humanity, it’s also true that God is not. In His divinity He is without limit or restriction and He is Sovereign over all the situations of our lives. And so, since He is boundless as well as infinitely good, and since He loves us without limit, we can walk by faith and simply trust in Him even when we cannot see and do not understand.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 