Father
Knows Best
By Tracy Smith
“My thoughts are
nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
“And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts."
Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT) “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts."
Years
ago, it had been a very long day dealing with a preschooler and a toddler
asking me “why” approximately 352 times; at the 353rd “why” I
finally snapped, “Because I’m the mom and I told you to!” Yes, the saying that we are all convinced we
will never say to our own children! Did
they really need to know every reason
why I wanted them to do something? Couldn’t they just trust that, as their mom,
I would not ask them to do anything crazy and that I loved them and only wanted
what was best for them?
It
was a “light bulb” moment for me. Don’t we do the same thing with God? How
often do we continually ask the Lord “why,” instead of trusting that He has our
best interests at heart?
- Why do I have to deal with this anxiety disorder?
- Why did my husband lose his job back in 2003?
- Why did he have to spend so many years “underemployed” before finding a good job?
- Why do people hurt each other in such evil ways?
- Why does so-and-so not like me?
The
“why’s” can go on and on and on. I’m so glad that we don’t have a God who snaps
His answer out at us, like I did to my boys all those years ago. His answer is
right there for us in Isaiah 55: His ways and thoughts are not like ours; they
are higher. He knows the whole picture when we are only seeing a part. Sometimes, you may find out the answer to
your “why” and sometimes you may not. But through it all, we have to remember
to trust that as our Father, He only wants what is best for us.
GOING
DEEPER
1.
Is there a “why” you are holding on to? What can you do to lay it at His feet
and trust in Him?
FURTHER
READING
Along
with being a wife and mother to two boys, Tracy is an administrative assistant
at Oakwood, serves on the Women’s Ministry Special Events Team and leads a
great group of Junior High girls.
