“Who can
know the LORD's thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him?” -1 Corinthians 2:16,
Romans 11:24
I had a
revelation this morning when I was cooking myself some breakfast. As usual, my
fluffy little Maltese toy poodle was eagerly watching me hoping for a piece of
food to drop to the floor. I looked at her beady little eyes and said, “No
Belle, you can’t have any. It will make you sick!” As I sat down to eat, Belle
followed me, eyes fixed on my food as she groaned, begged, barked, and made
puppy eyes at me. “No Belle,” I said. I looked at her round little fluffy face
and said, “Belle, do you know how much I love you? I can’t give this to you because it’s not good
for you.” Just then it hit me. There have been countless times where I have
groaned, begged, and even cried to God over something I desperately wanted, and
which I would get frustrated when I didn’t get.
My puppy
could never fully comprehend how much I love her. She knows she is loved
because she is fed, groomed, and well taken care of. But her little puppy brain
could never grasp the full extent of just how much we care about her. I
realized at that moment, that it is the same with us and God. We could never fully grasp the extent of His love
for us—it is just too great for our human minds to comprehend. And when He does
not grant us certain requests, He does it for our own good. He’s not doing it to be mean! He has a reason for it—and a good one too!
When we
think we really want or need something, just like my puppy really wanted my
food, we may fail to realize that if God withholds something from us, that it
is after our best interest. Just as I would not give my precious little pup any food that
would make her sick, sometimes the Lord withholds certain things from us
because He doesn’t want us becoming spiritually, emotionally, or mentally sick.
He wants the very best for us—and
often times the things we ask for, although we may think are the best, are not really the very best. I want to encourage you by letting you know
that if there is something that you have been praying for, begging for, asking
for, pleading for, and have not yet seen an answer to—consider this: That God
wants the absolute best for you, and that maybe what you are asking for is not
the very best of what He has in store for you. I challenge you to start asking
God to show you what He wants for your life, and to help you let go of anything
that may not be the very best for your life. I pray that He grants you the
patience to hold out for His very best, and to also gain the wisdom to discern the
best from the not-so-good things of what He has in store for your life. One of
my favorite things to say is, “Never settle for less because you’re too afraid
to hold out for God’s best.” Keep patiently waiting, and God will bless you
with His very best!
Remind
yourself of Isaiah 55:9, where God tells us that “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are MY ways HIGHER
(better, more wonderful) than YOUR ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
His thoughts and plans toward us far surpass anything we could have thought up or planned on our own. Remember
that His thoughts and plans for us are so much greater than we can even
imagine! Trust in Him, because He wants the very best for you! J
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