"O Lord God, Thou Knowest"

 This morning as I read through my devotion it hit me that this was the response I needed in response to this passed weeks events....

  This week has been a week of prayer requests for things that make us as mortal human beings ask... Lord why are you allowing these things to happen? Do you care? What is your plan in all this? and maybe even... Are you able to change these things?

  A dear friend is preparing to to go home to be with the Lord after years of battling cancer. She has been 

an inspiration to many... my wife's question was "Why do the good ones have to go?"

  Another dear one whose eldest son is battling a blood disorder. 19 years old and he has "No Life" he cannot run around with his pals, he is struggling with his job because of bleeding... He's frustrated to the max.

  A missionary couple who have an outreach ministering and caring for children, have adopted children in Mexico and come to find out their lawyer handled their adoption illegally. They have taken the children and they have to deal with the legal battles there in Mexico.

  A Thirty something young mother with inoperable brain cancer. She doesn't know the Lord... yet...

I could go on and on with the fires in Australia, the economic situation here in Scotland, the US and around the world... you get the picture... We have these events we cannot explain. We question why... We question How... We are asked the question can these situations turn around?

But it's not just these questions... what about those Dry bones in Ezekiel? What about that big fish? What about the miracles and happenings that God says will happen?  Do you think they can, have, and will take place? How big is our concept of God? What limits have we put on Him?

If our concept of God is locked within the confines of human understanding then we have a severely limited concept of our Lord, Savior and Creator.

an excerpt from my Tozer Devo... "Coleridge gave it as his considered belief that the profoundest sentence ever uttered by human lips was the spontaneous cry of the prophet Ezekiel in the valley of dry bones when asked by the Lord whether those dry bone could live: " And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest." Had Ezekiel answered yes or no he would have closed off his heart to the mighty mystery which confronted him and would have missed the luxury of wonder in the presence of the Majesty on high. For never forget that it is a privilege to wonder. to stand in delighted silence before the Supreme Mystery and Whisper "O Lord God, Thou knowest."

I know it is difficult when you have the personal urgent right in your face. He knows that as well that is why He tells us in 1 Peter to cast all of our anxieties upon Him for He cares for us... but there is a verse prior to that....

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. (1 Peter 5:6-7 NKJV)

Lord Jesus as we gaze into your face, as we consider your awesomeness, as we consider your beauty and your majesty... we are humbled. Lord You are sovereign and You know all things.

Help us... help me, to more fully delight in Your mystery and and not box you into my image and put my restraints on the wonder of who you are and what you are capable of.... and I will cry out with Ezekiel "O Lord God, thou knowest."

Blessings.....