Inscrutable

"Do you not know? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. He gives strength to the weary and to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired and vigorous young men stumble badly, yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary."
                                                                                                                                 Isaiah 40:28-31




Our Lord is One that is both mysterious and knowable. If we spent every moment of our lives tying to full understand Him we would come to the end of our days still failing to realize our goal. And yet, He beckons us to draw close to Him so that we can receive His love and really know the goodness of His heart towards us. He desires that we know Him well enough to fully trust His character and know in our hearts that His intentions for us are always good.

When Jesus came to this earth in the form of a man, His life was a mystery. The devil tried to play detective and piece together clues and prophetic predictions concerning our Messiah. He decided that his best strategy was to murder Jesus and he probably felt a sense of pride and relief when he thought he had accomplished his goal. He unwittingly played the very role that God had orchestrated for him to play. Imagine his horror and shock when Jesus appeared in hell in our place and grabbed back the keys of death and hell. That must have been a very startling moment for this diabolical schemer!

God chose to hide both His mystery and wisdom in Jesus' crucifixion (1 Corinthians 2:7-8). Satan's worst nightmare was realized when he learned that we, too, died with Christ that day. His horror was compounded when Jesus was resurrected and the power of the Holy Spirit was released upon the earth.

The prophet, Isaiah, says that God's understanding is inscrutable. Webster's dictionary defines inscrutable as "incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable; not easily understood; mysterious; unfathomable; incapable of being seen through physically; physically impenetrable". In other words, God can be hidden, incomprehensible, undiscoverable and inexplicable.

All of this changes, however, when we allow God to reveal His mystery to us personally. The apostle, John, refers to this phenomena when he tells the story of Jesus' first miracle. He says, "This, the first of His signs (miracles, wonderworks), Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory [by it He displayed His greatness and His power openly], and His disciples believed in Him [adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him]" (John 2:11).

The Bible teaches us that when Christ lives inside of us that He reveals to us the mysteries that were hidden for many generations. When these mysteries are revealed to us, then they can be revealed through us as we share the Good News (Gospel) with others. Christ in us and among us is the hope of realizing God's glory (Colossians 1:26-27).

When God's glory is revealed, we find that miracles occur, wisdom is given, strength is released and favor abounds. Supernatural things begin to happen. In these manifestations, our eyes are opened to see God's preeminence, splendor, magnificence, majesty, and excellence.

God operates in the realm where the impossible becomes possible. Every circumstance and situation that we deem as our "impossible" is rendered ineffective when we add God to the equation. Luke says, "For nothing will be impossible with God" (Luke 1:37).

It is the virtues of patience, faith, and waiting on God that will enable us to experience His grace at all times. It is His grace that enables us to receive His love and miraculous touch that we desperately need. Each and every divine exchange that God offers to us enables us to give God our weaknesses and inabilities to instead receive His strength and His abilities.

More of God's children need to dare to ask God for a mighty move in their lives. Isaiah tells us that God says, "I will go before you and level the mountains [to make the crooked places straight]; I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut asunder the bars of iron. And I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who calls you by name" (Isaiah 45:3-4).

Make sure the prizes you seek are lasting and eternal. Temporal goals are meaningless in the end. In the letter Paul wrote to the Colossians, he said, "Set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth" (Colossians 3:2).

Take one small step at a time (to conquer your "impossible") and believe that God can accomplish the "possible" through you. We must not allow the enormity of our goal to stop us from starting toward our purpose today. Remember the story of David:
"And Saul said to David, 'You are not able to fight against this Philistine. You are only an adolescent, and he has been a warrior from his youth.'
And David said to Saul, 'Your servant kept his fathers sheep. And when there came a lion or again a bear and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and smote it and delivered the lamb out of its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard and smote it and killed it. Your servant killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the Living God!'
David said, 'The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine'" (1 Samuel 17:33-37)

David was not discouraged by the difficulty of his challenge. He knew that himself plus God was a majority. Peter said, "In difficult times, when it seems all hope is lost, try not to assess your circumstances from a worldly perspective. Don't ask, 'What am I going to do?' Rather, in a spirit of faith, simply say, 'Lord, what are you going to do?' (1 Peter 5:7).

Christ has the ability to make every "impossible" possible in our lives. We can accomplish everything He puts in our lives when we rely on Him for strength and wisdom. He understands the things that are unfathomable to us and has the key for victory to each and every "impossible" we encounter. God is perfect in wisdom and might (Job 12:3) and his understanding is inscrutable!


               "How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable are His ways!"
                                                            Romans 11:33