For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. Isaiah 55:8-12
Over the years, I have come to admit that I am a person who thinks absolutely too much. I have thoughts on top of thoughts, on top of thoughts, on top of thoughts. My mind is ever racing, ever moving and seriously, on overload at all times. It has taken quite a bit of talking to myself and numerous amounts of “please shut up“ to get myself out of the mode of thinking. If anyone heard me, they’d ask, who are you talking to? And certainly, I would then be deemed crazy for sure.
The word says that “His thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways.” Our thoughts and ways could never compare to the Lord’s thoughts or ways. Our minds are inadequate of His thought process and full of uncertainty to be effective, especially when He already knows the thoughts and plans for our lives. We might not understand it, but nonetheless, His way is the right way. He sees the bigger picture, He sees into our tomorrows while we are yet living in our today. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end” (Jeremiah 29:11). He is thinking thoughts of peace and then says to "give" us our expected end. We cannot fathom, understand or see what is going on in the heavenlies on our behalf, we cannot even attain such high thoughts. I love how He says, an expected end, that means He has mapped out what will happen for our future. However, it is disturbing that believing it seems to be the problem for us. We are unsure and unable to give over to His leading or following His lead without question. It is difficult as a people because we need to seemingly need know the plan or have the need to be in control of our destiny.
God has made promises to us and regardless of what it looks like, regardless of what it feels like, hold on to them because God is not slack concerning those promises. That scripture has been a saving grace through my journey, in spite of myself. Remembering that God’s thoughts and plans toward me are sure and most definitely, in His hands. There is a familiar phrase that says, He may not come when you want Him, but He is always right on time! Whatever word has been spoken in our lives, we have to believe that it will come to fruition. Wait for it! God is working out something in us to get us to where He needs us to be for His purpose. Not be concerned with the why, the how or the what, but rest in Him that He has everything, every detail, small or large, under control. Verse 11 tells us that whatever He says, whatever word He has spoken, it goes out and accomplishes, it achieves, and is successful in what it sets out to do, it will not come back void, it will do just what He said it would do. We can rejoice in those words alone and our minds and hearts can be in perfect peace.
One thing is for certain, I know myself but God knows me best. I know that He shakes His head and says, my child, she is going to go through a process of thought until she finally says, “I apologize Lord, please forgive me again for trying to do things and figure out stuf myself.” Because honestly, while we're trying to figure it out, He’s already worked it out. We have to learn to stand on that and wait for it. We have to remember that God views everything differently from us; His perspectives, His ways, His thoughts, and His plans are not like ours. We have to align ourselves with Him, the Word, and believe by faith that His ways are perfect and for our good, even when we don’t understand what he’s doing. If we say we are going to stand in faith, trust and believe God for our life, then we do ourselves a disservice when we question God’s actions and motives or make decisions to do it “our way” because things are not happening like we want or as fast as we’d like them to. I can tell you how far that will get you from my own experiences. I have learned to trust God’s wisdom, His judgment, and His leading, but not to say that I don’t get off track from time to time. if I didn’t I wouldn’t be writing this word of encouragement today. It always comes to me as well. The more we grow in grace, the more we conform and get shaped into what God is trying to do in us and with us, the more we learn to lean to His understanding and not our own. Learning to trust and have confidence that He knows what’s best for us (Prov 3:5-6).
I know that my thoughts and my plans could not afford me the opportunities that only God can provide. No matter what we think we know, that His thoughts are not our thoughts and His ways of doing things are not our way. We just have to remember this at all times and also that He is God.
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
Over the years, I have come to admit that I am a person who thinks absolutely too much. I have thoughts on top of thoughts, on top of thoughts, on top of thoughts. My mind is ever racing, ever moving and seriously, on overload at all times. It has taken quite a bit of talking to myself and numerous amounts of “please shut up“ to get myself out of the mode of thinking. If anyone heard me, they’d ask, who are you talking to? And certainly, I would then be deemed crazy for sure.
The word says that “His thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways.” Our thoughts and ways could never compare to the Lord’s thoughts or ways. Our minds are inadequate of His thought process and full of uncertainty to be effective, especially when He already knows the thoughts and plans for our lives. We might not understand it, but nonetheless, His way is the right way. He sees the bigger picture, He sees into our tomorrows while we are yet living in our today. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end” (Jeremiah 29:11). He is thinking thoughts of peace and then says to "give" us our expected end. We cannot fathom, understand or see what is going on in the heavenlies on our behalf, we cannot even attain such high thoughts. I love how He says, an expected end, that means He has mapped out what will happen for our future. However, it is disturbing that believing it seems to be the problem for us. We are unsure and unable to give over to His leading or following His lead without question. It is difficult as a people because we need to seemingly need know the plan or have the need to be in control of our destiny.
God has made promises to us and regardless of what it looks like, regardless of what it feels like, hold on to them because God is not slack concerning those promises. That scripture has been a saving grace through my journey, in spite of myself. Remembering that God’s thoughts and plans toward me are sure and most definitely, in His hands. There is a familiar phrase that says, He may not come when you want Him, but He is always right on time! Whatever word has been spoken in our lives, we have to believe that it will come to fruition. Wait for it! God is working out something in us to get us to where He needs us to be for His purpose. Not be concerned with the why, the how or the what, but rest in Him that He has everything, every detail, small or large, under control. Verse 11 tells us that whatever He says, whatever word He has spoken, it goes out and accomplishes, it achieves, and is successful in what it sets out to do, it will not come back void, it will do just what He said it would do. We can rejoice in those words alone and our minds and hearts can be in perfect peace.
One thing is for certain, I know myself but God knows me best. I know that He shakes His head and says, my child, she is going to go through a process of thought until she finally says, “I apologize Lord, please forgive me again for trying to do things and figure out stuf myself.” Because honestly, while we're trying to figure it out, He’s already worked it out. We have to learn to stand on that and wait for it. We have to remember that God views everything differently from us; His perspectives, His ways, His thoughts, and His plans are not like ours. We have to align ourselves with Him, the Word, and believe by faith that His ways are perfect and for our good, even when we don’t understand what he’s doing. If we say we are going to stand in faith, trust and believe God for our life, then we do ourselves a disservice when we question God’s actions and motives or make decisions to do it “our way” because things are not happening like we want or as fast as we’d like them to. I can tell you how far that will get you from my own experiences. I have learned to trust God’s wisdom, His judgment, and His leading, but not to say that I don’t get off track from time to time. if I didn’t I wouldn’t be writing this word of encouragement today. It always comes to me as well. The more we grow in grace, the more we conform and get shaped into what God is trying to do in us and with us, the more we learn to lean to His understanding and not our own. Learning to trust and have confidence that He knows what’s best for us (Prov 3:5-6).
I know that my thoughts and my plans could not afford me the opportunities that only God can provide. No matter what we think we know, that His thoughts are not our thoughts and His ways of doing things are not our way. We just have to remember this at all times and also that He is God.
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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