Isaiah 55:8
Isaiah 55:8
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Often, we try to second-guess God and predict His actions based on what we believe He is supposed to do. So, when we hear God say in Isaiah 55:8, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways." we need to be reminded that our way of thinking is so different from God's way of thinking. Often, we live in a way that is so different from how God wants us to live. In our minds, we frequently create an unreal God, made in our own image and likeness, instead of realizing we are made in His image. We forget that He is the eternal Creator whose ways and works are beyond our comprehension. It's foolish to act as if we know what God is thinking and planning. Rather than trying to fit God's plans into ours, we should make ourselves fit His. We may be disappointed, our plans may fail, and our expectations may be frustrated, but God has a higher purpose in mind for us. As His children, we are a part of His eternal plan. The Lord works in mysterious ways, but those who are called according to His purpose will always be blessed by His thoughts, plans, ways, and works.
Matthew 7:11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Psalms 107:9
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Psalms 115:11
Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: he is their help and their shield.
Psalms 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.