His Understanding

Psalm 147 cont’d:

Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

My kids have come to me with their stories, their excuses, their reasons, and their explanations, and I try to understand.  But very often I don’t get why they did what they did, what possessed them to act in such a way, or what in the world they were thinking when they did “that.”  My understanding is limited, and so is theirs.  That’s why we do dumb things on any given day. 

However, there is no limit to God’s power and understanding.  It’s not the kind of understanding where he says a pitiful “I understand…you just can’t help yourself…you’re okay…” and pats our head as he sends us on our way. 

No.

One definition of “understanding” is to have insight or good judgment.

God understands the workings of our hearts, our minds, and the entire universe because he made them all.  He has insight into the future that we don’t see and we cannot possibly understand.  He has good judgment when he answers no, or yes, to our many requests that we offer up to him daily.  There is no limit to his understanding because he is in all and above all and knows all.

So when we come to God and lean on his power and might, we have to also lean into his understanding because ours is so limited.  We have to rest in knowing that all is well in his hand, and that is where we safely lie, when we choose to obey and worship him.