Trusting God's Ways

                                          ("Night Sky", Photograph by Michael Rairdon)

Sometimes life just doesn't make sense to us at times.  Actually maybe most of the time if we are truly honest.  We look around our Nation and our world these days and things seem to be a mess.  We may look at our lives and we may see a mess as well.  Things do not seem very good at this moment in time.  There are many things that are going on in our world these days that can cause us to be afraid and worried.

There are many things that happen to us in our own lives that can cause us concern.  Jesus tells us that in this world we will indeed have troubles, but He also reminds us that He has overcome the world.  We believers and followers of Jesus Christ can trust Him for He is faithful and true to His Word.  We really have nothing to fear for the Lord is with us and He will never forsake us.

Sometimes we try to figure things out in our way by thinking about them and trying to find a solution to our problems on our own without seeking God's advice or council.  The Lord knows all things.  He knows the very beginning to the very end.  He alone is sovereign.  God is in control.   The Lord is working in ways that we can not see and He is working in ways that we can't even begin to understand.

Isaiah 55:8-9 says,

"8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. 

                                                                           

9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. " 

God can work though the mess of this world and the mess in our own lives and make something out of it that will bring Him honor, praise, and glory.  There is nothing too hard for our God.  He does work out things for our good in accordance to His purpose.  That doesn't mean that everything that happens to us will be good, but that the Lord can use the hard times that we face to grant us a wonderfully power testimony to His goodness and provision.  Then after we have gone through a hard trial we can look back and tell others what God did for us.  

The Lord's ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are greater than our thoughts.  The Lord sees the finished puzzle while we only see on little piece.  We need to trust the Lord more as we travel through this earthly sod.  We need to walk by faith in the Lord Jesus and not trusting in what we can see with our eyes because sometimes looks can be deceiving.

The Lord is always at work in our lives and in the lives of those around us.  We don't always know what the Lord is up to and sometimes we wonder if He is doing anything at all, but rest assure He is working our great things in His perfect timing and in accordance to His perfect will.  

So, when you are facing uncertain times and things just don't make sense just trust the Lord, who is the Creator of all things seen and unseen, to see you through to the other side.  We come to the Lord Jesus by faith and we trust Him as our Lord and Savior and we need to continue to walk by faith in Him throughout our journey here on the earth.  

Lord,

You are Holy and we praise Your Name.

We trust You O Lord.

Increase our faith O Lord.

Your ways are higher than our ways.

Lead us by the Holy Spirit.

In Jesus Name we pray,

Amen.