READ: 1 Kings 16-17
THINK: “How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out.” – Romans 11:33
After Elijah had experienced some especially trying times, the Lord told him to flee to Zarephath where he could find food and shelter. Imagine Elijah’s surprise when he discovered that the widow who was to provide for him was extremely poor! In fact, she expected that she and her son would soon die of starvation.
How often God delights to astonish us by the wonder of His ways! Our limited understanding of Him can be likened to a fly crawling on one of the great pillars of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. What does that tiny insect know about the architect’s magnificent design? It sees only the little space of stone on which it moves. The beautiful carvings and ornamental work seem like towering mountains and deep valleys that only impede progress and obscure the view.
We as Christians often see only our immediate circumstances and perceive but a glimmer of God’s marvelous purpose. The obstacles that block our vision and get in the way of our plans are actually part of the beautiful designs of divine grace. God may conceal the purpose of His ways, but His ways are not without purpose.
– Henry G. Bosch in Our Daily Bread
PRAY: Thank God for his wisdom, for the fact that he knows better than we do, and ask him to help you trust that he is working things out for your good even when you don’t understand how he is working in difficult situations.
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