His High Ways
May 15
In the Max Lucado Bible study I am doing the current chapter is on prayer. Praying to our Father who art in heaven. Lucado says, "He occupies another dimension." And he reminds readers of Isaiah 55:8-9.
In the Max Lucado Bible study I am doing the current chapter is on prayer. Praying to our Father who art in heaven. Lucado says, "He occupies another dimension." And he reminds readers of Isaiah 55:8-9.
My thoughts are not like your thoughts. Your ways are not like my ways. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
The next paragraph from "Experiencing the Heart of Jesus" is quite thought provoking as to how different our thoughts are.
"Make special note of the word like. God's thoughts are not our thoughts, nor are they even like ours. We aren't even in the same neighborhood. We're thinking, Preserve the body; he's thinking Save the soul. We dream of a pay raise. He dreams of raising the dead. We avoid pain and seek peace. God uses pain to bring peace. "I'm going to live before I die," we resolve. "Die, so you can live," he instructs. "We love what rusts. He loves what endures. We rejoice at our successes. He rejoices at our confessions. We show our children the Nike star with the million-dollar smile and say, "Be-like Mike." God points to the crucified carpenter with bloody lips and a torn side and says, "Be like Christ."
So how do we pray His will and way? By faith and with willingness to trust in an out come that will be Him glory and be for our best according to His High Ways!
