God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, neither are His ways our ways. That much we know for sure!
Too often we overestimate the worth and complexity of our thinking. Those around us tell us how smart we are. We solve various problems and read sophisticated books. Eventually we begin to assume we can grasp the mysteries of the universe.
Yet the truth is that God’s thoughts are as distant from ours as the earth is removed from the farthest star. When we read God’s word, some truths lying near the surface can seem easily grasped. But upon further examination we realize that there is far more to even one verse in the Bible than we could possibly have imagined. The farther we plumb its depths, the more rich truth we uncover. Before long we realize that even a well known verse such as John 3:16 has multiple layers of application and insight into the nature and work of God than we at first thought.
What is amazing is that infinite God even attempts to share His thinking with His frail creatures. Yet He does. The next time you seek to understand a truth from God, understand that the depth of even one thought from God is profoundly deep. Don’t be satisfied with merely a surface understanding.