Oh, Isaiah, you got me again!

A few thoughts this week on some related scriptures, starting with a passage from Isaiah.

Isaiah 55:8-11

8 ¶For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

 11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Jacob 4:8

 8 Behold, great and marvelous are the works of the Lord. How unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways. And no man knoweth of his ways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise not the revelations of God.

1 Corinthians 2:14-16

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

These verses are comforting to me because I am a big, dumb idiot. I am so grateful that there is a God, and that he knows all, and is accessible, and wants me to turn to him for guidance; so I can be saved from my own stupidity.

I can know God through the scriptures, and by the love and comfort I feel when I pray. This love makes me want to know him better, and be worthy of the things he does for me.

One of the ways we know that God’s ways are higher than man’s ways is by observing trends in morality throughout history. We have seen a departure from ideals that more closely resembled the laws that God has outlined, and seen an interpretation that has been more and more accepting of degrading, evil practices. This has happened by degrees, but at this time, those who uphold God’s laws of sexual morality are in stark contrast with the rest of the world. God’s law, however, has not changed. It cannot, just as truth is invariable. Man changes, shifts, justifies, excuses. God does not. This is just one example of the difference in the natures of God and man.

Because I am a big dummy, I am especially grateful to be loved and cherished, despite my weaknesses. I am grateful for a God who extends mercy when I make mistakes, so I can hopefully get better and better, and eventually become worthy to return to him. I am grateful that he knows what I am capable of and where I can do the most good. I am grateful for the talents he has given me, and the opportunity to develop those he wants me to have. Thank goodness his thoughts are higher than mine, his plans are better than mine, and he continually takes the time to correct me, and show me that I can slowly become who he wants me to become.

Thank goodness he is higher, so he can reach down and pull me up. 

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