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Topic: -- Tuesday, 8/17/10 -- IT'S BEYOND ME! -- Judges 13:18
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From: "J.R. & Bonnie Ricks" <j-r-and-bonnie@dogwoodministries.org>
Date: Aug 16 06:19PM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/takeaminute/msg/30df200f24b7076d
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IT'S BEYOND ME! -- Judges 13:18 NIV
Then Manoah inquired of the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that
we may honor you when your word comes true?"
He replied, "Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding."
When Manoah asked the angel what his name was, the angel refused to tell
him, saying, "It is beyond understanding." Manoah had asked the angel a
question, but the answer to that question was something Manoah wouldn't
understand.
You and I often do the same thing... we ask God for an answer to prayer, but
God doesn't seem to respond. He is silent. but He isn't saying no. He's
just not telling us the answer because it's something we can't comprehend.
Or perhaps He does answer us, but we don't understand the answer. This is
because our minds are finite. We define the world and ourselves and God
with terms that we can understand. We try to compress the enormity of God
into man-made terms. And we often refuse to believe everything that is
possible with God because it's far beyond our understanding. far outside our
ability to comprehend.
It's because of this finiteness of understanding that we limit God in our
lives. We give lip service to God's ability to heal, but refuse to believe
that He can really do it. If we believe that God created everything, then
why can't we believe in His ability to re-create something that has gotten
fouled up? We believe He created the world and the weather, but we don't
believe He can turn a storm or protect us from a speeding bullet.
We give lip service to God's ability to supply our needs, but then we
constantly worry about whether we'll have a job, or a place to live, or food
to eat, or clothing to wear. When His Word tells us that He even has the
hairs of our heads numbered, why do we worry whether He can handle our
day-to-day concerns?
Do you want to know the incomprehensible? Then let go of your finite
understanding. Stop confining God's abilities to those parameters you can
see and touch and feel. Stop limiting God in your life. Allow Him to go
beyond what you can understand. Then hang on for the ride. you'll have
blessings beyond anything you ever imagined.
However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has
conceived what God has prepared for those who love him." 1 Corinthians 2:9
NIV
Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him. Isaiah 64:4 NIV
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