Higher Ways.

Surely you have had that sinking feeling. As you crammed for a test or looked through a new computer program. It comes when you learn just enough to realize how much you don't know.
When you were a child, your world was limited. There were probably times when you felt independent or though that you could make better decisions than your parents. They might have been amused as you stubbornly learned lessons the hard way. 


Romans 11:33-36

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! 

    How unsearchable his judgments,

    and his paths beyond tracing out! 

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“Who has known the mind of the Lord?

    Or who has been his counselor?"

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“Who has ever given to God,

    that God should repay them?”

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For from him and through him and for him are all things. 

    To him be the glory forever! Amen.

Consider how very little we actually understand God's higher ways. It's ironic that realizing how little we know might be our first glimmer of wisdom. 
Imagine how silly you would feel telling a rocket scientist how to operate a phone. Or how ridiculous it would be to offer Albert Einstein advice about arithmetic. These verses remind us that God knows all and doesn't need us to explain to him what is best. He can be trusted. 


The Holy Spirit is a mystery. As long as we live on earth, we will probably never understand these higher ways - how the Spirit helps us when we pray, guides us in decisions, and protects us from hard. The Holy Spirit is sometimes referred to as the "Comforter." Perhaps the greatest 'comfort' of all us realizing we don't have to know everything. 

Skin.

Psalm 73: 27-28

For behold, those who are far from you shall perish;
you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
But for me it is good to be near God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
that I may tell of all your works.

When God says "Be near God" it's like our bodies and our skin. When you get cut, bruised, burned, etc. it heals back and restores it. God wants us to have a close relationship, like skin to the body.

Your skin is designed to be restorative. It's designed to rebuild itself. This is similar to Christ. He is in you and he's there to fill you, protect you, restore you, and rebuild you all the time.

I have faced many challenges with my walk with God but at the end of the day, i realize that we can't live without him. He's almighty and all knowing and without him we are nothing.

Christ is in you. Every time you touch your skin, remember that he is there with you to protect you, to guide you, to lead you, to love you, and to be close with you.

He's Always There.

Sometimes we think that God's not there for us. But in reality, HE IS!

He never leaves our side. He's almighty and all-knowing. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

I realized that HE IS there for us. Through all our struggles, HE is the first one to come to us. The first one to ask us if we're okay. It may sometimes feel like He's not there or He's not listening but, He is.

God never leaves our side. When we are struggling with something, we should never give up. God gave us the challenge to face. He knows our every move.

"Remind yourself what you know to be eternally true about God: He is good, he loves you, he is with you, he knows what you’re going through, he cares, and he has a good plan for your life."

-Rick Warren