Yes, there will be times when He asks us to take a simple step of trust and obedience without understanding what is going on. But for most of life’s big decisions, He wants us to be willing partners who cooperate from a place of understanding and embracing the plans and purposes that He has for us.
Saturday, 18 October 2014
Understanding the ultimate Intellectual
The variety and intricacy of creation testify to us that we serve a God of amazing creativity and intellectual capacity. Not only did He “invent” so many millions of different birds, plants and animals, He also thought up an amazing plan of salvation that allows us to know Him as a Father and understand Him as a Friend.
God tells us in Isaiah 55: 9 that His intelligence and understanding are unlimited; they are far superior to our human intellect and understanding. This means that He is the best placed to make wise decisions about how we should live our lives... and yet, amazingly, He invites us to be involved in that process.
When God says, in Isaiah 1: 18, “Come, let us reason together,” that speaks to me that He wants to give us understanding of His ways. He is not asking for “blind obedience,” but says in verse 19, “If you are willing.” Although there’s no doubt at all that He knows best, He is willing to dialogue and help us understand the things He is asking of us.
Yes, there will be times when He asks us to take a simple step of trust and obedience without understanding what is going on. But for most of life’s big decisions, He wants us to be willing partners who cooperate from a place of understanding and embracing the plans and purposes that He has for us.
Yes, there will be times when He asks us to take a simple step of trust and obedience without understanding what is going on. But for most of life’s big decisions, He wants us to be willing partners who cooperate from a place of understanding and embracing the plans and purposes that He has for us.
