Trusting His Infinite Wisdom
#303 Trusting His Infinite Wisdom Psalm 147.5
I was stuck in being upset about probable outcomes that were on our business horizon which I defined as Not Good, and really Very Bad.
Until I came across Isaiah 7:1-7. The King of Aram and the King of Israel went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not conquer it. The hearts of the people of Judah “shook as the trees of the forest shake with the wind.” Verse 2. Sounded like my troubled emotional condition.
But the LORD told Isaiah to say to King Ahaz
“Take care, and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering fire brands…because Aram with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying, ‘Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in its walls, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it.’
Thus says the Lord GOD, “It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass.”
Both the two tribes and the ten tribes of Israel were being dealt with for their sins, but God had His timing and His way to do this, in order to fulfill His greater purpose.
The same thing is true of us. These verses restored my confidence in God’s ability to intervene or permit the events that fit His purposes and His timing. When some event or situation crosses His line, he says “It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass,” and He is able to carry through. (But let’s be obedient, not like King Ahaz…)
And I realized again, that I was getting attached to a particular outcome.
I claimed the confidence of these verses and therefore my fear and faintheartedness would not get the best of me.
The Lord brought to mind Matthew 11:28-30 again: “Come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle [meek] and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my load is light.” NASB
We can learn from his meekness: (Strong’s #4235; Vines: gentle, mild, meek; corresponding to the definition of a related word. “It is that temper of spirit in which we accept His dealings with us as good, and therefore without disputing or resisting.”)
In this spirit we can accept the outcome of every experience as Good.
“Great is our Lord, and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.” Psalm 147:5, and 1-6!
May we trust our finite views to his infinite wisdom!
I was stuck in being upset about probable outcomes that were on our business horizon which I defined as Not Good, and really Very Bad.
Until I came across Isaiah 7:1-7. The King of Aram and the King of Israel went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not conquer it. The hearts of the people of Judah “shook as the trees of the forest shake with the wind.” Verse 2. Sounded like my troubled emotional condition.
But the LORD told Isaiah to say to King Ahaz
“Take care, and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering fire brands…because Aram with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying, ‘Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in its walls, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it.’
Thus says the Lord GOD, “It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass.”
Both the two tribes and the ten tribes of Israel were being dealt with for their sins, but God had His timing and His way to do this, in order to fulfill His greater purpose.
The same thing is true of us. These verses restored my confidence in God’s ability to intervene or permit the events that fit His purposes and His timing. When some event or situation crosses His line, he says “It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass,” and He is able to carry through. (But let’s be obedient, not like King Ahaz…)
And I realized again, that I was getting attached to a particular outcome.
I claimed the confidence of these verses and therefore my fear and faintheartedness would not get the best of me.
The Lord brought to mind Matthew 11:28-30 again: “Come to me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle [meek] and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my load is light.” NASB
We can learn from his meekness: (Strong’s #4235; Vines: gentle, mild, meek; corresponding to the definition of a related word. “It is that temper of spirit in which we accept His dealings with us as good, and therefore without disputing or resisting.”)
In this spirit we can accept the outcome of every experience as Good.
“Great is our Lord, and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.” Psalm 147:5, and 1-6!
May we trust our finite views to his infinite wisdom!
