We are apt to measure His wisdom
by the faulty line of our own reason. By Charles Simeon In
the Scriptures, Jehovah is represented as ordering and overruling all
things for His own glory and the good of His redeemed people. There is nothing in the whole
universe which did not derive its existence from His all-creating
hand, nor is anything left to its own operations without His
sovereign control. Be it either prosperity or calamity,
all things only come to pass according to God's sovereign
plan. As God himself has told us, I
am the Lord, and there is no other. I form the light and create
darkness. I bring prosperity and create
disaster. I, the Lord, do all these things. Isaiah chapter 45 verse 7 Just
because God does not exert His almighty power for us at the
first moment that we implore His aid, we might suppose that
our way is hidden from Him or that He does not care about us.
But we forget that He has gracious designs to accomplish and that
He accomplishes them in ways we have no conception of. We
are apt to measure His wisdom by the faulty line of our own
reason. we forget that his sovereign
thoughts and ways and paths are unfathomable. Now let God's almighty
power and unerring wisdom be considered. Let the afflicted
saint contemplate Jehovah as ordering and overruling everything
for the good of his people and for the glory of his own name.
Let us say, I have cried to him for a very long time and have
not been heard, but perhaps the purposes of Jehovah are not yet
ripe for accomplishment. Perhaps I must remain longer
in his purifying furnace in order to a more glorious exaltation."
Let us recollect the ways in which Joseph's dreams were realized,
and bear in mind that the same God sits at the helm and directs
our vessel amidst all the storms, the very storms and winds all
fulfilling His sovereign pleasure. This would be abundantly sufficient
to compose our minds under the most afflictive circumstances
that can be imagined. For where there is unerring wisdom
to direct and almighty power to execute, no difficulty can
exist which shall not be overruled for our ultimate good and God's
glory. Hence, we must leave everything
to His all-wise disposal in a way of humble dependence and meek
submission to His holy will. We know that God causes all things
to work together for good to those who love God, to those
who are called according to His purpose. Romans chapter 8 verse
28. So do not fear, for I am with
you. Do not be dismayed, for I am
your God. I will strengthen you and help
you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah
chapter 41 verse 10.