“‘My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the LORD. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.’”
Isaiah 55:8-9
A Calvary Chapel pastor in Old Bridge, New Jersey, Lloyd Pulley noted that there were 15 people in his congregation who worked in the World Trade Center on 9/11. Remarkably, each one of them had a story of why they were late or were not at the WTC that day 20 years ago.
In the days following, he and a few congregation members set up in Union Square with the intention of listening to and praying with people. From midday until late at night, they ministered to thousands of New Yorkers, people hungry for answers and open in their hearts to hearing the gospel. Men and women were agonizing over why they were still alive while some 3,000 other people tragically died. They needed to hear of Jesus.
We all struggle from time to time with not understanding the Lord’s ways. Hindsight and the passing of time may give us a bit of clarity. But often that is not the case. The “heroes of faith” in Hebrews 11 never lived to see what was promised to them, but they trusted that God had planned something better for them in eternity.
In the days following, he and a few congregation members set up in Union Square with the intention of listening to and praying with people. From midday until late at night, they ministered to thousands of New Yorkers, people hungry for answers and open in their hearts to hearing the gospel. Men and women were agonizing over why they were still alive while some 3,000 other people tragically died. They needed to hear of Jesus.
We all struggle from time to time with not understanding the Lord’s ways. Hindsight and the passing of time may give us a bit of clarity. But often that is not the case. The “heroes of faith” in Hebrews 11 never lived to see what was promised to them, but they trusted that God had planned something better for them in eternity.
Scripture Focus
Hebrews 12:25-27
Insight
God loves you. In your life He may “remove what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain” (Hebrews 12:27).
Bible In A Year
- Ecclesiastes 11-12
- Psalm 68
- John 8
