COMING UNDERSTANDING

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The scriptures. May God bless the reading of His holy word.

“In days to come you will understand this.”

Jeremiah 30:24b

This ends today’s reading from God's holy word. Thanks be to God.

Have you ever tried to understand the ways of the Lord? How He moves in the world and in your life? What He holds for your future?

I think we all have and I think we have also been left frustrated most of the time when we have sought to try to know what God knows, thwarted and blocked in comprehending the things we want to know.

Perhaps we would be better off not forcing the issue so much and wait for the understanding to come when God wants it to.

It’s true, right?

We petition God a lot of the time like He is the One who should beckon to our call, as if He is somehow subordinate to us.

I wonder how God feels about that. I’m pretty sure He doesn’t appreciate it as it borders on disrespect and disregard for who He is and who we are. Yes, as I wrote a few days ago, He is our God and we are His people but we are not equals in any way. He is the Maker and Master of all things. He is the King of all kings and Lord of all lords. Everybody and everything is below Him and subject to His rule and reign. He is the One who orchestrates the way things go and He is the sole source of wisdom, intelligence, and understanding.

What do the scriptures say about how we relate to God?

“For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.” 1 Corinthians 1:25

I think it puts things into perspective pretty well.

So when it comes to discerning the ways of God, I believe He would have this advice for us:

“Wait, for when I choose to impart understanding on you, I will do so.”

Or as the Proverbs advise us:

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6

In other words, there will be a time of coming understanding when we will know what God wants us to know, when He wants us to know it. All we need to do is trust Him and not try to figure everything out on our own.

As we see in the final half verse of Jeremiah 30, God was telling the Israelites this very thing as they were in the midst of seventy days of exile in Babylon, the judgment God had placed upon them as a result of their sinful worship of false gods and idols. They did not understand everything that was happening to them nor could they grasp the blessed redemption and deliverance they would experience once their punishment was over and they were allowed to return to their homeland to rebuild their homes, lives, and relationship with God. They could not comprehend the days of joy and renewed peace that were ahead but God assured them that there would be days ahead when they would get it and their questions would be answered.

Friends, as we contemplate the things of our world and our lives, we are going to find out quickly that we can’t possible understand everything because we are limited in our intellectual comprehension. God designed us with limitations so that we will only know what He wants us to know but rest assured there is a day of coming understanding ahead when we will have our questions answered and we will understand fully.

It’s just one more thing to look forward as we travel this Christian road to glory.

Amen.

In Christ,

Mark
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