How many times a day, a week, a month do you argue with God? How many times do you think you know what’s better for you than God does? Do you ever find yourself wondering why things didn’t go as you thought they would? Have you seriously considered why?
We like to think we know what’s best. We really do. We fail to ask for advice from older and wiser people. We refuse to see things from someone else’s perspective. We even take this as far as thinking we know better than God. How do I know? Been there, done that, and still do sometimes.
I thank God that I have gotten better at listening, but I know I still have a long way to go. I get reminded of that from time-to-time when I take it upon myself to make a snap decision and things go haywire. In moments like that, I imagine God sitting on his throne and chuckling to himself, and saying, “He did it again.”
God has told us through the prophet Isaiah that his thoughts are higher than ours. You would think after making enough mistakes we might let that statement sink in. Yet, we are hardheaded and refuse to give up our idea of control.
There is a reason God’s ways are higher than ours and his thoughts are higher than ours. After all, he is the Creator of the universe and everything in it. He knows everything that is going on. He knows what every person on earth is doing and thinking. He knows what is best because he sees how we fit into his plan, and he sees how others are planning to trip us up. Our first thought and action should be to ask God for guidance in every situation.
I pray we all realize that God’s thoughts are higher than ours. I pray we allow that thought to sink in. I pray each one of us will make asking God for guidance in every situation our first thought and action. God sees all. God knows all. God’s ways are higher than ours. Ask him for guidance.
Isaiah 55:8-9
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.
Marty Pressey 