Today's encouragement comes from Job 42:2 & 3, where we read these words:
"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."There are things about (even) ourselves that we simply do not understand, which have a powerful impact on us. There are many things about God, and His providences towards us that we cannot grasp. But the key is to really and sincerely believe in The One who *does* fully comprehend all of these things: the Triune God of the true religion.
When we are able to trust this God (through Christ alone), then we may live comfortably in our Father’s embraces; and we may accept, without a need to untangle it, what the Lord has meted out to us.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Because faith looks at Christ in every duty, it touches the hem of His garment; and through Christ, both the person and the offering are accepted, (Eph. 1:6).” —Thomas Watson, in, "The Lord's Prayer"]
