Thoughts for another day


October 19, 2010

Today's verse: Job 21:22. Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

A little boy was looking out the window. Across the road that edged his home, he saw a huge ground with green grass, fringed with coconut trees; and beyond them he saw the mountains which stretched from one end to the other. Now this boy didn't much like the color green and the mountains frightened him because his mother used to scare him to behave by telling him often that men would come from the mountains and kidnap him if he were up to mischief.

So he prayed to God saying, 'God I think the grass shouldn't be green, but yellow. The mountains in front of my house are so dull, You should make them smaller and add bright lights over them so they glisten during the day and also shine during the night!' This may amuse you: what with yellow grass and small, glistening mountains! Do you know that our prayers too are at times like the boy's prayer? We make suggestions to the Lord without thinking that He is so awesome, and our suggestions are so childish.

In our prayers we tell the Lord what's to be done for us, thinking that's the best way. Let me talk about myself: I've begun this business of taking Pilgrims to the Holy Land. Accordingly I feel my first group should be huge. But as the Lord has willed, I have a small group. Now that's enough to rattle me for I can see; forget making money out of this, I am spending my own fare to go with the people. So is that sensible? Apparently not. But that's what God knows to be good for me. I've come to realise it will also give me the leeway and experience to give my group a good soaking in the Word of God. Besides, I can spend adequate time with them and work them up with zeal for God and His Word. I've come around to see it that way. I also think, is it difficult for God to give me a thousand people in the next year? Not at all. My acceptance of His small favor this year will pave the way for large things the next year. That's the way it needs to be for who can teach God?

Today's Scripture clearly tells us that God isn't awed by our knowledge. How can He when He has run through our every sinew and knows our every breath? Who are we to give Him knowledge who is the very fount of it and He judges those considered highly knowledgeable and finds them inadequate. Yes, indeed we must refrain from telling God what to do. If at all we should do anything, then it is but pray for what we need and leave it to His Majesty to grant as His knowledge would act.