Knowledge

Romans 11:33-34, "Oh,the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God.  How unsearchable his judgments and his paths beyond tracing out!  Who has known the mind of the Lord?  Or who has been his counselor?"

Deuteronomy 29:29,  "The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law."

      In this era of computers a person can google practically any subject and find out all about it.  This has great advantages, but sometimes I think we live in an era of information overload.  Any business transactions these days seem to require reams of paper setting out all kinds of rules and regulations, complicated details that I really wish I didn't have to know.  The world is so small because of our communication and transportation systems that we are burdened with and affected by the problems of people everywhere.

      Often we chafe because we cannot know the future or do not understand events of the past or present.  We wish we could know more.   

But suppose God were to dump all his immeasurable knowledge, all of mankind's problems and needs, into our human brains.  Actually, I am greatly relieved to have a Heavenly Father who does know it all, who can look down through time like we see through space, who knows the end  from the beginning, and who is wise enough and powerful enough to orchestrate every detail so that it all fits into his master plan. 

Granted, there are things I wish I could understand now, but there is great comfort in knowing that God comprehends it all, that he is omniscient, all knowing, that he is never taken by surprise, and that he is in charge of every detail.  All we really need to do is learn the things that he has revealed to us and trust and obey him regarding the rest.

Father, You know I sometimes struggle because I can't understand the why of some events.  May I be content to leave all details in your wise and powerful and loving hands.  Amen.