The Depth & Aim of God’s Wisdom! (Part Three)

Paul teaches, “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! (Romans 11:33). In life, we have to exercise faith and trust in the wisdom of God even when we can’t understand it completely. For example, when we’re experiencing a difficult or unpleasant situation, such as personal problems, illness, financial hardship, or a period of emotional strain, we many times wonder why God allows those kinds of difficulties to come into our lives. And even though we read various things in the Bible that give us some insight into why God allows such things, we’re never able to answer that “Why?” question completely. And it’s at this point, we have a choice to make: will we trust in God’s infinite wisdom even when we can’t understand it? Will we believe that God has a good plan and that this difficulty somehow fits into that plan in a way that’s beyond our ability to see at the moment? That’s what faith in the wisdom of God looks like. Or think about what it’s like when we pray for something but don’t see God answer that prayer. The reason why God doesn’t answer every prayer we pray also comes back to His wisdom. John tells us, “This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him” (1 John 5:14-15). He has a better plan than what we prayed for. He gives us what’s according to His will for us! It just doesn’t get any better than that. Be encouraged by the depth of God’s wisdom!

Dr. Robert L. Taylor, Th.D., Bible teacher & expositor