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Read: Isaiah 55:6-9
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine” (Isaiah 55:8).
In 1915, Dr. Frank Laubach’s church commissioned him to serve as a missionary in Manila, Philippines, and as a professor at Union Theological Seminary (Manila). When he and another man were being considered for the office of seminary president, a vote was held to determine which candidate would win. Dr. Laubach did what he thought honorable; he voted for his opponent.Consequently, he lost the election by one vote—his own. He became disappointed, depressed, and even questioned God. Yet God used that incident to redirect his life. Eventually, Dr. Laubach developed a literacy program that taught an estimated 60 million people to read.
Sometimes our good plans for our lives and for God’s kingdom don’t come to pass. They don’t turn out to be His perfect plans (Isaiah 55:8). It’s easy to become discouraged and depressed in our disappointment, and we can even become angry with God.
Now we shouldn’t try to deny our feelings. Like the psalmists, we’re free to be honest with God—to lament and to rage if needed. Let’s face it—pruning can be painful.
Still, by the work of Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit, God reveals that He’s for us. He desires that all of His children flourish. He’s the God of hope who always seeks our best—providing what it means for us to truly flourish even when we can’t see it (saiah 55:9).
Our Father is far more generous than we can ever imagine. In John 10:10, Jesus tells us, “The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.” Do we believe this is true? It makes all the difference in the world. For as we trust in God, we find that His plans are always best.
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine” (Isaiah 55:8).
In 1915, Dr. Frank Laubach’s church commissioned him to serve as a missionary in Manila, Philippines, and as a professor at Union Theological Seminary (Manila). When he and another man were being considered for the office of seminary president, a vote was held to determine which candidate would win. Dr. Laubach did what he thought honorable; he voted for his opponent.Consequently, he lost the election by one vote—his own. He became disappointed, depressed, and even questioned God. Yet God used that incident to redirect his life. Eventually, Dr. Laubach developed a literacy program that taught an estimated 60 million people to read.
Sometimes our good plans for our lives and for God’s kingdom don’t come to pass. They don’t turn out to be His perfect plans (Isaiah 55:8). It’s easy to become discouraged and depressed in our disappointment, and we can even become angry with God.
Now we shouldn’t try to deny our feelings. Like the psalmists, we’re free to be honest with God—to lament and to rage if needed. Let’s face it—pruning can be painful.
Still, by the work of Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit, God reveals that He’s for us. He desires that all of His children flourish. He’s the God of hope who always seeks our best—providing what it means for us to truly flourish even when we can’t see it (saiah 55:9).
Our Father is far more generous than we can ever imagine. In John 10:10, Jesus tells us, “The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.” Do we believe this is true? It makes all the difference in the world. For as we trust in God, we find that His plans are always best.
Isaiah 55:9
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
Thank you Heavenly Father for reminding me once again this verse of how my ways and thoughts are not as high as your thoughts and ways. Please let me dwell upon your ways and have peace in my life. Thank you for desiring me to flourish. Lord help to flourish in your name even though I am not seeing it. Amen.