Higher

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9

There was a family on a boat with other refugees traveling from Turkey to Athens. On the way, their 7 year old daughter fell into the water. They frantically looked for her and could not see her anywhere. Suddenly she appeared, dry and calm at the front of the boat, claiming, “A man who walked on the water took me and brought me to the other side of the boat.” The family did not believe her, but upon arriving on Lesbos, they met a Christian.  He asked if they would like to know about a God who walked on water. They started crying, and when he showed them the passage in the Bible about Jesus walking on the water, the more they cried. 

When we ourselves realize how much God loves us, and how much He did for us by sending His Son to die on the cross, we will cry too. We cannot fathom why the God of the universe would care about silly, unfaithful humans, but He does! He is the God of second and third chances! Truly His thoughts are not our thoughts, and His ways are unfathomable. 

Take this worldwide pandemic which has affected and taken so many lives, businesses, jobs, organizations and industries. So many fatalities! It can seem hopeless and devastating, but we can trust that God sees things in an entirely different way. 

Sometimes when something goes wrong with a gadget, we push a button and close it down. Maybe the whole world world needed a reset or a reboot! We trust in You Lord! Help us to see the bigger picture like You do. Guide us to think with Your mind and heart. Help us to see that we do not belong in this world and there is always something better waiting for us!