Oh, the depth of the
riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and
his paths beyond tracing out! “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has
been his counselor?” “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?” For from him
and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
There have been many times in my life where I thought I knew
where I needed to be. There have been many times where I have what I believe is
the “best” direction laid out for my future. I’ve diligently jumped through the
hoops, taken the necessary steps, achieved the degrees and credentials, and made
the most educated decision on where I should be going. But when the journey has
been completed, I find that I am far from where I had intended to be. In fact,
I find that had I somehow remained on my intended path, things would not have
turned out so well. I recall graduating from college, finance degree in hand,
convinced that I needed to be in the banking industry. I was confident that
this was the best path to take in launching my career. God had a different
plan. After three years of working in corporate finance, the banking industry went
through the “mortgage crisis”, with thousands of mortgages defaulting, banks closing
their doors, and employees finding themselves without a job. To this day, I
still get kind of a slightly nervous and completely relieved chuckle at how incredibly
wise God was at this point in my life. He gracefully directed my life away from
something that I saw as a surefire bet. I was completely convinced that I knew
where I needed to start my career, and had I stubbornly stuck to that path
instead of taking the Lord’s direction, I would likely have found myself
unemployed and scrambling for direction. Far too often we either underestimate
God’s wisdom or ignore it all together. We get filled with all kinds of worldly
accolades, degrees, and “expert” experience that we start to push God’s great wisdom
out of the picture. The verse above does a great job at capturing God’s
greatness. There simply is no one with greater intellect, capacity, and
capability than God. No one gives advice and counsel to God…God doesn’t turn to
anyone with a problem and seek their wisdom and advice…God never finds himself
stumped and perplexed, grasping for someone to lead him to the best decision. God’s
wisdom is simply sufficient for ALL scenarios and situations…there is nothing lacking,
in ability or content, when it comes to God’s wisdom. As the Creator, everything
good comes from Him…everything good works through Him…and everyone that he has
created is meant to serve Him. It all revolves around God. And what a joyful
realization that is…for God is for us, wholeheartedly devoted to achieving the
best outcome for our lives. Need convincing of that? Look no further than Jesus…God
sent him for OUR benefit. God didn’t need to be rescued and redeemed…we did, we
needed to be hauled out from the wreckage that we had created. That’s real
love. May we seek the Lord’s wisdom with each new day, may we genuinely trust
the direction he provides, and may we raise our hands in praise each day for
the love that he showers upon us through Christ! To God alone be the glory!
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