God's Personal Notes - Monday May 21, 2012
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:8-11
If we are going to let this book make us wise, we must take the proper position. In today's passage, God is the one speaking. His thoughts are so much higher than our thoughts, but we get a glimpse of them through this book.
It would be like a musician finding Bono's personal notes on how to write a great rock song, or like an investor finding Warren Buffet's personal notes on his investments, or like an athlete finding Lebron James' personal training routine. But we have something way better than any of that. We have God's thoughts-we have them right here in this book.
But sometimes I think we might show more respect to Warren Buffet's investing notes than we show this book. Why do I say that? Because we don't obey this book like we should. The proper position in respect to this book is one of obedience. For many people it is no longer "God's thoughts are above my thoughts." It is "my thoughts are above God's thoughts." If we don't read the Bible with a heart to obey, we shortchange the tremendous blessing this book could be to our lives.
Submitted by:
Josh Whitney
Faithwalkers West 2011
Blessed to Know the Truth of God,
One-Year Reading Plan:
1 Samuel 29:1-31:13
John 11:55-12:19
Psalms 118:1-18
Proverbs 15:24-26
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