Beautiful Word Devotional #9

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 55:8

Imagine a tiny point and let it represent your mind. God’s mind is like the line that extends from that dot into forever. The almighty God is bigger than the universe he created, more powerful than the Pacific Ocean, more magnificent than the Grand Canyon, and higher than Everest.

This truth may make you feel small, but at the same time you may experience deep reassurance. After all, the God who is immeasurable and unfathomable loves you and longs to have a relationship with you.

At times you will doubt. When life careens out of control, you may be tempted to think you would do a better job running the universe. In those moments, remember Isaiah 55:8. In God’s hands, today’s catastrophe becomes tomorrow’s testimony. That loss you’re grieving will always be hard to think about, but you’ll emerge with more empathy for others, and a greater awe for God whose mysterious ways are definitely different from ours.

Lord, I confess that I don’t know how to run this world or even my own world. Help me to rely on you, the One whose thoughts are far greater than mine, amen.