Oh What
Mysteries!
"But my eyes are fixed on you,
Sovereign Lord; in you I take
refuge."
Psalm 141: 8
Our meager mind is unable to comprehend
the bottomless, limitless, measureless reign
of Almighty God.
His ways are past finding out; His majesty is
incalculable; His power is inexhaustible; His
life span does not have a beginning of days
or ending of ages.
We have privilege of living with
mystery. We
can’t interpret every situation as He knows it to
be. Pastor Philip Doddridge (1702-1751) wrote,
“What
mysteries, Lord, in Thee combine!”
Because we are human, we don’t understand all of
God’s plans and ways, but we trust His sovereignty.
In addition to His holiness, His purity, and His power
are the attributes of love and goodness.
He's good in His essence, and all His qualities
are
good and loving. He cares! He cares about details
of our life. When things seem to go wrong, we say,
“But my eyes are fixed on
you, Sovereign Lord;
in you I take refuge.”
"What mysteries, Lord, in Thee combine!
Jesus, once mortal, yet divine! The first,
the last, the end, the head, the source
of life among the dead."
Philip Doddridge