Directing God.
Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or as His counselor has instructed Him? Isaiah 40: 13
Isaiah 40: 12 – 14 asks a series of rhetorical questions about God, aimed at highlighting God’s power and wisdom with which nothing else can compare. The main theory of these verses in which today’s text falls, is that God far outweighs the enemies of his people in wisdom, knowledge and might. Today we translate this in the omniscient character of God. God is all-knowing, all-seeing and all wise. When we compare our wisdom in light of this vast wisdom of God we see how truly unwise we are. If we then are so unwise, do we dare to direct or counsel God who is wisdom and counsel in its entirety?
Isaiah 40: 12 – 14 asks a series of rhetorical questions about God, aimed at highlighting God’s power and wisdom with which nothing else can compare. The main theory of these verses in which today’s text falls, is that God far outweighs the enemies of his people in wisdom, knowledge and might. Today we translate this in the omniscient character of God. God is all-knowing, all-seeing and all wise. When we compare our wisdom in light of this vast wisdom of God we see how truly unwise we are. If we then are so unwise, do we dare to direct or counsel God who is wisdom and counsel in its entirety?
The truth however is that we often seek to take the lead out of GodÂ’s hands, getting caught up in our human wisdom. We often think we know the best thing for the church or our congregation at a particular time. We so often think that our idea is the only worthwhile one for the way forward, becoming impatient or flustered when it is glanced over for another. In fact we often direct God in out praying, telling God just how, when and where, and are bitterly disappointed in God if we do not get the result we pray for. Our text speaks loudly to us today. Who hath meted out the Spirit of Jehovah, And, being His counsellor, doth teach Him! [YoungÂ’s Literal Translation]
Let me challenge us today to trust the guidance of God which has been tested and proven. According to Barnes’ Notes on the Bible, God is supreme and no one has instructed or guided him. God’s ‘plans are his own, and have all been formed by himself alone. And as those plans are infinitely wise, and as he is not dependent on anyone for their formation or execution, his people may have confidence in him, and believe that he will be able to execute his purposes.’ We are powerless to direct God but sure can benefit from being directed by God. Why not ‘let go and let God’ as of today?
Guide me, O my great Redeemer,
Pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but you are mighty;
Hold me with your powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
Feed me now and evermore;
Feed me now and evermore. William Williams [1745] MBW # 790.
Till next Tuesday, be blessed!
Let me challenge us today to trust the guidance of God which has been tested and proven. According to Barnes’ Notes on the Bible, God is supreme and no one has instructed or guided him. God’s ‘plans are his own, and have all been formed by himself alone. And as those plans are infinitely wise, and as he is not dependent on anyone for their formation or execution, his people may have confidence in him, and believe that he will be able to execute his purposes.’ We are powerless to direct God but sure can benefit from being directed by God. Why not ‘let go and let God’ as of today?
Guide me, O my great Redeemer,
Pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but you are mighty;
Hold me with your powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
Feed me now and evermore;
Feed me now and evermore. William Williams [1745] MBW # 790.
Till next Tuesday, be blessed!
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