Bible Reading Challenge #5

What does this teach me about God?

Today I am reminded that God’s ways, thoughts, and actions are far higher than mine—or anyone else’s. While we operate under the limitations of what we know and perceive, God has no such limitations. He is above all things, in all things, and works through all things.

As Job confessed in Job 42:2–3:
“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”

No one can fully comprehend the thoughts of God.

How can I live in response to this?

While God’s ways are higher, He has given His Spirit to all who believe. The Spirit teaches us the things of God—truths that human reasoning alone could never uncover. Through Him, we are given glimpses of God’s goodness and His plan, things we would remain blind to apart from Christ.

I appreciate that Paul makes clear Christianity is not an ignorant submission to God, but a growing trust and understanding of the One we follow. Today I am reminded of the power of the Holy Spirit at work within me—a power I so often overlook.

On a personal note, I was confronted with temptation in a few areas of my life today. But thanks be to God, the Spirit within me actually detests the sin that once seemed so appealing. That is not from me—that is the newness of the Spirit’s work in my life.

Have you experienced that newness?
Have you felt the Spirit grow in you a holy hatred for an old sinful habit?