The Path to Peace part 1
Good Morning!
He is already on the other side of the unknown, with unfailing love and wisdom, fully aware of the blessing beyond that unknown. And he is with us on this side, when all we see is what we don’t understand.
Our stability and certainty is in Him.
Much love in Christ,
Joy
#199 The Path to Peace Part 1 Romans 11.34
You will not find My Peace by engaging in excessive planning: attempting to control what will happen to you in the future. This is a commonly practiced form of unbelief. When you mind spins with multiple plans, Peace may sometimes seem to be within your grasp; yet it always eludes you. Just when you think you have prepared for all possibilities, something unexpected pops up and throws things into confusion.
I did not design the human mind to figure out the future. That is beyond your capability. I created your mind for continual communication with Me. Bring me all your needs, your hopes and fears. Commit everything into My care. Turn from the path of planning to the path of Peace.
Sarah Young
This has become my antidote for worry scripture:
“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? (Not Joy, surprise! J) Who has ever given to God that God should repay him? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.” Romans 11:33-36
Who knew the mind of the Lord? Romans 11:34
The answer: His judgments are Unsearchable #419: not searched out, ie inscrutable; (difficult to comprehend, enigmatic; ie puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable. Far from being His counselor we are His students. “Who has understood the mind of the LORD, or instructed him as his counselor?” Isaiah 40:13 Without His spirit we would have no chance of putting the permission of evil puzzle together. 2 Corinthians 2:11-16 But through His spirit we are empowered to see the amazing outcome of allowing the chaos and destruction of sin and death, because of the death of His beloved son in humiliation on the cross. And we are empowered to trust the permission of evil He permits in our own lives. “You meant if for evil, but God meant it for good…..” Genesis 50 20
“Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him the path of understanding?” Isaiah 40:14
Who became His counselor? Romans 11:34
The answer: His ways past finding out: #421 Vines: negative of to trace out, (a footprint, a track). A tracker looks for evidence in the subtle displacement of the earth. But His judgments and divine choices cannot be seen through earthly observation and cannot be tracked by human reasoning. His footprints are in the sea! “Thy way was in the sea, and thy paths in the mighty waters, and Thy footprints may not be known.” Psalm 77:19 It is beyond human reasoning to lead the people you love to a ‘no way out’ situation, surrounded by impossibility, with the armies of Pharaoh on one side and the impassable Red Sea on the other. But that is where He led the people He loved. And that is exactly where He leads us—through the impassible to overcome the impossible!
He is already on the other side of the unknown, with unfailing love and wisdom, fully aware of the blessing beyond that unknown. And he is with us on this side, when all we see is what we don’t understand.
Our stability and certainty is in Him.
Much love in Christ,
Joy
#199 The Path to Peace Part 1 Romans 11.34
You will not find My Peace by engaging in excessive planning: attempting to control what will happen to you in the future. This is a commonly practiced form of unbelief. When you mind spins with multiple plans, Peace may sometimes seem to be within your grasp; yet it always eludes you. Just when you think you have prepared for all possibilities, something unexpected pops up and throws things into confusion.
I did not design the human mind to figure out the future. That is beyond your capability. I created your mind for continual communication with Me. Bring me all your needs, your hopes and fears. Commit everything into My care. Turn from the path of planning to the path of Peace.
Sarah Young
This has become my antidote for worry scripture:
“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? (Not Joy, surprise! J) Who has ever given to God that God should repay him? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.” Romans 11:33-36
Who knew the mind of the Lord? Romans 11:34
The answer: His judgments are Unsearchable #419: not searched out, ie inscrutable; (difficult to comprehend, enigmatic; ie puzzling, ambiguous, or inexplicable. Far from being His counselor we are His students. “Who has understood the mind of the LORD, or instructed him as his counselor?” Isaiah 40:13 Without His spirit we would have no chance of putting the permission of evil puzzle together. 2 Corinthians 2:11-16 But through His spirit we are empowered to see the amazing outcome of allowing the chaos and destruction of sin and death, because of the death of His beloved son in humiliation on the cross. And we are empowered to trust the permission of evil He permits in our own lives. “You meant if for evil, but God meant it for good…..” Genesis 50 20
“Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him, and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him the path of understanding?” Isaiah 40:14
Who became His counselor? Romans 11:34
The answer: His ways past finding out: #421 Vines: negative of to trace out, (a footprint, a track). A tracker looks for evidence in the subtle displacement of the earth. But His judgments and divine choices cannot be seen through earthly observation and cannot be tracked by human reasoning. His footprints are in the sea! “Thy way was in the sea, and thy paths in the mighty waters, and Thy footprints may not be known.” Psalm 77:19 It is beyond human reasoning to lead the people you love to a ‘no way out’ situation, surrounded by impossibility, with the armies of Pharaoh on one side and the impassable Red Sea on the other. But that is where He led the people He loved. And that is exactly where He leads us—through the impassible to overcome the impossible!
