Still Stuck on Knowing God’s Ways
Hebrews 3:7-10 (NKJV)7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness, 9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years. 10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’[1]
For forty years the children of Israel saw the works of God, all kinds of miracles, but verse 10 says they “have not known My ways.” They saw God’s Works! Why did they mess up? Why was God grieved with them? They didn’t know His ways!
If you see God’s works and you don’t know God’s ways, you are going to be confused because God’s works don’t always make sense. If you just see the works of God and don’t know His ways, you will be pushing the panic button half the time.
A saying became popular a few years back, “when you cannot trace His hand, you can always trust His heart.” Listen to who God is, do not simply watch what God does.
He works in all things for His glory. The only reason you and I exist is to glorify Him.
Father in Heaven,
In my life, be glorified today. May I trust your heart when I don’t understand your ways. In Jesus name, Amen.
[1] The New King James Version. 1982. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
