November 21
"Lord, my heart is not
haughty, nor my eyes lofty;
neither
do I concern myself with great matters,
nor
with things too profound for me."
Psalm
131:1
Questions, questions, don't we all have questions!
But
many of our questions will meet the response, "it's none of your
business." I'm reminded of Job, and the questions he asked of
God as he suffered, and don't we all when we're hurting? But
suffering does not give one the right to question God. We do it
anyway, but are often met with silence. Why?
When God answered
Job’s “why” questions, he said to him, "first I'm going to
ask YOU a few questions." Then he went on to ask Job where HE
was when God laid the foundations of the earth!
“Where were
YOU when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell
me, if you have understanding.
Who
determined its measurements?”
Job
38:4
Then God adds in a bit of teasing sarcasm: "Surely
you know?"
The point throughout God's answer to Job was
that an ant is questioning a lion.
There is no way a
human being can understand the depths of the wisdom of God. If your
young child asked you to teach him calculus, obviously that would be
impossible. If your child wanted to explain something to his beloved
pet dog, how would he be able to? It would be impossible.
We
are told in the Scriptures to respect God for who he is. “My ways
are not your ways,” he says.
“’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
Trusting God is wisdom. Give him the respect due him.
He knows what he is doing.
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