By Pastor Dr. Aggrey Soyekwo
Deuteronomy 29.29 "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law." - NIV
Moses the great leader of Israel from Egypt, was summing up their journey upto that point. He was soon to die and handover to Joshua. The journey had been both exciting and challenging, with so many life time experiences for him and the whole Israelite community. He had known God to a degree few others had. The statement he made above shows that despite knowing God that much, there is so much more we cannot understand about Him and His ways. Indeed His ways are past finding out (Rom 11:33). He chooses to reveal what is necessary and useful for us one day at a time.
Our knowledge of God is just but a glimpse. When we seek Him with our limited understanding, our expectations and how He answers sometimes don’t match. Because of this, we may wonder why He seems to delay, not answer or is so quiet about our situations. In His vast wisdom, God only reveals to us what we need to know and that is to enable us trust Him. In this world we only know in part. So when we don’t understand why God does or allows certain things happen a certain way different from our prayers and expectations, He knows why and still means well for us. Let’s only do our part, praying and believing.
This happened Abraham, Joseph, Job, John the Baptist, Mary and Martha and many others who closely walked with Him. Don’t despair nor charge God with unfaithfulness. He remains a gracious loving God in all His dealings with us in the clear and unclear. We’ll understand by and by.
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."
Shalom children of God.