Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Devotions: Depth of Knowledge

 

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!

Romans 11:33 New American Standard Bible 1995

 

Can anyone know God’s mind? Can we understand all that He does or plans? Job and Paul both pondered these questions and came up empty. If God could be fully known and understood then He would not be greater than man. God knows everything that is, ever has and ever will happen, and He can use that knowledge to plan and orchestrate the future of every living being for all of eternity for our good and His glory. His knowledge and wisdom are unfathomable. We can but sit at the brink and ponder the depths, but we would be lost to transverse them. The Gospel itself, the great plan of salvation for mankind, is laden with mystery. How and why the God of the universe would save His enemies, would create beings that He knew would betray Him and inevitably fail, who can say? We can begin to know and understand in part the how and why of God’s ways, but we are arrogant and foolish to think that we can do so fully. It is not simply a ploy to pass off anything of faith we do not understand as “too far above man’s knowledge.” Of course we should strive to know and understand as much as we can, and that will be different for all according our own abilities and God’s allowance, but there will come a time for all of us when we reach the end of the realm of our finite minds. Contrary to the Age of Enlightenment, we cannot know or understand everything. It is just not humanly possible. That is what separates us from God, and I believe that is why they came up with that idea in the first place. The “Enlightened” wanted to remove God and claim that man could reach perfection on his own. They did not want to humble themselves before a mightier being. However, that is the only viable response to God’s true nature: humble awe and worship. We can only trust His infinite wisdom relying on His perfect love and goodness. We know that He is both good and just, loving and merciful. He will do what is best, and we need to trust Him with what we cannot understand.

How do you respond to God’s wisdom? How do His unsearchable ways inspire you? Do they draw you to your knees in worship, or make you rebel in prideful resistance? Ask God to help you trust the fullness of His wisdom. Ask Him to help you see His goodness paired with justice so that you can trust His judgment. Ask Him to help you entrust Him with what you do not understand.

 

 

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