Romans 11:33-36
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and His paths beyond tracing out! Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor? Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them? For from Him and through Him and for Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
Unscrutable. What a strange sounding word. The actual spelling is inscrutable, but I much prefer the wrong spelling. Chuck Swindoll recalls one of his professors in seminary saying to his class, “Never try to unscrew the unscrutable!” Basically the word means the qualities and ways of God that are so far beyond the intellect and reasoning capacity of our human minds that we can never fully know them.
I think it was in this context that Chuck commented that probably one of the first words that will be uttered when we get to heaven will be: Ahhhh! Our questions will all be answered. We will finally be able to understand it all. Like the song we used to sing; By and by, when the morning comes, when the saints of God are gathered home, we’ll tell the story how we’ve overcome, for we’ll understand it better by and by. I think it will be more that we will finally be able to see things from God’s perspective.
As we walk through this life trying to please God there will be many things that we will not understand. I want to encourage each of us that it is not the understanding that God is looking for, but the trust in Him even when things seem to have no reason. Have faith, trust totally in the grace of God and we will understand it completely by and by.
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
—Pastor Cecil