The LORD directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?
Proverbs 20:24 (NLT)
Lord God, I can be so guilty of trying to figure things out! How many times have I asked You the question, “Why?” How many times have I tried to make sense of all the challenges, tried to put all the pieces together, connect the dots, paint a vivid picture of the circumstances I find myself in? Hidden behind all that effort has been my attempt to figure out the “why” so that I can control the outcome.
This morning, I realize that sometimes it is not for me to understand why. To be honest, that’s a hard truth to swallow. When I am impacted by lost jobs, cancer, or death, I look to You to make sense of it. And when silence fills the space, I am left feeling this sense of aloneness.
Yet, I am comforted by the fact that You have declared that You love me with the type of love that will last forever (Jeremiah 31:3), that You will be with me through the toughest times (Deuteronomy 31:8), and that You will shield me within Your wings (Psalm 91:4). I see tough times not as an opportunity for me to figure it out, but instead a call from You to rush to Your throne.
So today, in the midst of all that I am and will go through, that is where I will rest. I don’t need to understand the “why” behind any of it. Instead I must subdue that mindset and make it subject to my faith and hope. I know that You love me. I know that You will never place on me more than I can handle (1 Corinthians 10:13). And I know that in the end, I will understand because You will be glorified. I place my trust in You in Jesus’ Name. Amen.