Crumbs Under the Table

As you do not know what is the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, so you do not know the works of God who makes all things.  Ecclesiastes 11:5 (NKJV)

The Holy Spirit states two natural truths. We do not know or really understand the way of the wind or how bones are formed in the womb. In the same way that we do not understand the two aforementioned wonders, the Holy Spirit tells us that we do not know or understand the works of God.

This is not a rebuke. This is a statement of fact.

His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts than our thoughts. Isaiah 55:8 (NKJV)

He does great things, and unsearchable, marvelous thing without number. Job 5:9 (NKJV)

How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! Romans 11:33 (NKJV)

It is such a relief to know that my lack of specific understanding of what God is doing in my life or wants to do does not mean that I have some serious spiritual defect. I don’t have to understand everything that God is doing in my life. In fact, this Scripture says quite plainly that even when I think I know, I don’t.

While I may not know the works of God, I do know that He loves me and wants to do good to me because He IS good. 

My lack of understanding of what He is doing or how He is going to accomplish His plans for my life is not an obstruction. He is able to guide my steps even when I don’t understand.