Too Wonderful

The end of the book of Job contains Job’s reply to all of God’s questions:

Then Job replied to the Lord:

“I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.”

Do you know, are you convinced, and are you confirmed in the fact that God’s purposes in your lives cannot be thwarted? To thwart something is to prevent it from being accomplished.

Surely Job thought his life was over, there was no reason for his existence, and God was far from him.   But just the opposite was true.  God reminded him of his great power and wisdom in several chapters by having him observe all of his creation.

We all wonder why, when tragedy and heartache is ours.  But when we question God to the point of deciding in our hearts that he’s not the great God we thought him to be…we’re speaking of things we do not understand. 

We will never understand God’s ways.

But we can understand, believe, and accept his great power and his great hand that holds us, accomplishing every single purpose he has for us.  

Nothing can stop that. 

And that is knowledge that brings life, even in the middle of the darkest of times…