His ways are not my ways

We always have a certain way we think something should work out; a certain way that we think things should be handled or dealt with, but how often does that really happen?  How often do situations or circumstances work out according to the plans or thoughts in our minds?  I’ll personally say, for myself, not often at all!  As hard as it is to understand we only have a limited view of our lives.  We, for the most part, can only see the here and now; what’s right in front of us at the time. 

It’s because of this limited view that we need to learn to always seek God and His will before we do anything on our own.  He knows the outcome of the situation, even our thoughts, long before we ever do.   Our thoughts, emotions and sight cause us to believe that we can navigate our way through anything with limited or no help from the Lord.  Which can cause us to sometimes go around the same mountain over and over again repeating the same test and trials over and over again!      

We think we know what’s best so we try to force things to happen, to turn out a certain way but, more often than not it doesn’t work because God has a different plan.  I won’t lie, sometimes it’s a painful plan down a path that can leave us feeling like He abandoned us or that He doesn’t care about what we’re going through.  Nothing could be further from the truth!  We have to learn to trust Him enough to follow His lead no matter how much we don’t understand; and have faith that He sees and knows all.    

Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV) ⁸ “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.  ⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.Cross references:

I’ve come to the realization that certain things have happened, certain relationships strained or distanced in my life for a reason…for God’s reason.  He knew that if it didn’t happen then worldly views and fears would not have allowed me to pray in the manner that I did.  He knew that my emotions would have gotten in the way; that my view would have been skewed or mislead and I would have fallen short more often than I did even with Him leading the way. 

I don’t claim that it didn’t/doesn’t hurt…in fact many days I felt like I’d fall apart.  However, His ways are not my ways and His thoughts are not my thoughts; BUT…they are perfect and always on time.  This also still does not mean that I am far beyond ready for things to get back on track or to the way they should be either…God knows I do, but I know enough now to say that His timing is perfect.  Because He has proven Himself in my faith over and over again I will stay steadfast in prayer…waiting on Him.

His plan is so much different from mine….but, oh the feeling when it all starts to fall into place; PRICELESS!!