This was the striking verse of the day recommended on my phone this week. I was taken back by its beautiful simplicity. Solomon in all his splendor and wisdom and life experience came to this conclusion.
This verse is a reminder:
- When things go wrong, it is okay to not know why. We're not God.
- No matter how much we know, or discover, or invent, or create - we have limits. We're not God.
- We can't and won't fully understand God. We're not God.
These conclusions, I suppose can be frustrating, scary, or disheartening to some. And yet, as I ponder Christmas this month I'm encouraged. He who is and works beyond our understanding became one of us so that we would understand that he completely knows and loves us. He knows what it is to be a toddler, he knows what it is to get hurt, he knows what it is to be tempted, he knows how much our sins hurt us. Perhaps the most unfathomable thing about God is how he, after becoming one of us gave his life on a cross for us.
We may not understand the work of God but I'm thankful we can see and know his love through the Christmas story.
Blessed Christmas,
Pastor Eric Hansen
It's great having a God that we will not totally understand. That's why he gave us faith to believe in him.
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