Know-It-All-Nots

Have you ever met anyone who just seemed to know something about everything?  What really come to mind are a few people I know who are full of otherwise useless information!  I mean, who cares Donald Duck was banned in Finland because he doesn’t wear pants; or a dime has 118 ridges around its edge; or two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey;  or a snail can sleep for three years?  Now, don’t you just feel so informed!  J

For sure, if given a chose, none of us would choose paths riddled with struggles.  God told the Prophet Jeremiah, “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not.”  (33:3)  Those journeys of life, which seem intolerable, God prepares as opportunities for us to turn to Him.  Those are the times we hear the voice of our soul, urging us to draw everything we need from Christ.  That is also when we learn how He is hears and faithfully responds, enabling us to carry on in His grace.  It’s those less-traveled paths where we see the promised “mighty things” we’d never have seen, experienced, learned had we traveled our own way.   You see, no matter how much we THINK we know, we’re really know-it-all-nots.  The Father, however, knows and sees it all none of which is ever useless!

Dear Lord,

Strengthen my resolve for life, rooted restfully in Your sovereign grace.  Remind me continuously of the sweetness of the journey.  In Jesus’ Name, Amen.