04-10-08

Isaiah 55:8-9

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord, as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.



My friends, the above verses are so relieving. We see and hear so many questions and hard facts, and real life situations in our lives that at sometime or another, someone says, if there is a god why doesn't he fix the problem, or smite the evil, or just plainly, why did this happen.



I heard a little of this today, regarding the American idol show that was on the night before. It was a fundraising show for poor and hunger children and people in our country and other countries. It was a very moving and touching show. It ended up raising quiet a bit of money, and was for a great cause. However, I over heard a conversation at work that included a sarcastic quote, "well that just shows there is no god, if there were then why would he save all those people."



Now that is a very ignorant person. I was unfortunately unable to speak to the person (s), I pray that I can get the opportunity to speak to people like this, speak intelligently, and speak in away that is honoring to God.



I have spoken before about the phrase of "I don't know", I am feverently learning to say this more often. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know why people are hunger, I don't know why people are suffering. I don't know why people lose their children to drugs, accidents, murder, life on the streets. I don't know why, God allows things so hard to look at or think about to happen. I don't know why all these things happen, but...................... and I do really mean "but", GOD knows! Our God knows. He is in control of all things, He knows the ending of the suffering, He knows the ending of the murdering, He knows the reasons for the why the why not, the therefore and so on and so on...........God knows everything. HE IS GOD! O how we love it, folks if you don't, start, love it, love the knowledge of God knowing everything, and being in control. Love the understanding and the comfort of not knowing. We don't know and its time to come to face the facts, that we don't know and are not going to know in our life time.



God tells us in His own words, through His word, His ways are not our ways, His thoughts are not ours. How can we think that are minds are the same as the mind that created the universe, the stars, the planets, the VASTNESS of all creation. MY GOD!!!!! HOW YOU ARE THE FIRST THE LAST THE IN BETWEEN! THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, WE GIVE YOU PRAISE, AND GLORY, WE GIVE YOU OUR LIVES! If you haven't given your life, what are you waiting for. If God created all things, that means he created you, who knows you better than the one who created you. God loves us all, he loves and he loves, and he loves. He has His reasons for what happens on earth, why they happen the way they do. Only He knows why, and for what reason. Give Him the respect He deserves and try not to figure Him out or His ways. let Him have the reigns to the world. Help out your fellow man, give to your community, serve the Lord, in that you can help those in need.



Lord, Father God, we ask for forgiveness of our sins, and our prideful ways, to think that we could figure You out. Father continue to show Your grace, Your love, and Your power, my eyes are open to the world, and I see You everywhere, if I don't understand, continue to convict me, so I may pray and ask for Your lead. I give You my love and life, I give You my family, and all things. And I pray for all these things in the name of Your son Jesus Christ.

amen