Daily Devotional

-May 15, 2021-

Good morning, happy Saturday,

-We Do Not Know The Works Of God-

“As you do not know what is the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, so you do not know the works of God who makes everything.”

(Ecclesiastes 11:5).

There are many things we do not understand about God’s works. We are so limited and finite, and He is so limitless and infinite. We have so many questions and we may have to wait until we get to heaven to find out why God worked as He did.

The writer of Ecclesiastes was Solomon known also in this book as “the Preacher.” He was the wisest king who ever lived, yet in his older years sought out everything he could to find pleasure and satisfaction in the things of this world without God and concluded, “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 1:2). Fortunately, he came to the proper conclusion at the end of the book In Ecclesiastes 12:13 he wrote, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.”

Solomon uses two examples of things we do not understand in nature and biology and medical science respectively. First, we do not understand the way of the wind. It blows from any of several directions: north, northeast, northwest, south, southeast, southwest, east, and west. We cannot see the wind but we hear it and see the result of it. Jesus used the wind to illustrate the working of the Spirit in our lives through the new birth. John 3:8 says, “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit. God’s works are beyond our understanding but they have powerful effects on our lives.

The second example is how the bones of a child grow inside the mother’s womb. When a baby is born, he or she has the tiniest fingers and toes, arms and legs. Each birth is a miracle of God. You do not have to understand it to appreciate it. David wrote in Psalm 139:15, “My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret.”

Jesus in speaking to Nicodemus about the New Birth in John 3:12 said, “If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?” Thank God that Nicodemus did believe and became a believer and follower of Jesus Christ.

There are things we do understand and yet you faith we believe. The gospel is God’s perfect plan of salvation. It is simple enough for a child to believe, and yet deep enough for the wisest and most mature saint to revel in its wonders! Job rightly concluded in Job 42:2-3, “I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”

The older we get and the more we learn from the Bible, the more we realize how much we do not know, how much more we still have to learn about God and His ways and His works. May God give us the hunger and thirst for Him. Though we may not know why God works as He does, we trust that He knows best.

Have a blessed day seeking Him and continually learning and growing. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean