Monday July 28th, 2025
« Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked »
1Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; my steps had nearly slipped.
3 For I was envious of the boastful, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no pangs in their death, but their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men, nor are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride serves as their necklace; violence covers them like a garment.
7 Their eyes bulge with abundance; they have more than heart could wish.
8 They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression; they speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full cup are drained by them.
11 And they say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who are always at ease; they increase in riches.
13 Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
14 For all day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15 If I had said, “I will speak thus,” behold, I would have been untrue to the generation of Your children.
16 When I thought how to understand this, It was too painful for me—
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end.
As a younger Christian, I had many difficult questions for my pastors. For example, since Genesis 1:1 says, ” In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”, I asked where He was before He created Heaven, but none of them could answer.
Since I could not get answers from my pastors,
I turned to God and He answered me.
The reason we don’t understand certain things in the word of God is in Isaiah 55:8-9NKJV
« 8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. 9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts »
Some of the things that you are trying to explain with logic are far higher and deeper than what the ordinary human mind can process.
In the Sciences, we say, ” Prove it and I will believe you”.
God however says, “Believe me and I will prove it”.
If you are not ready to believe God’s word because you don’t understand it, you may never experience the power in it and you would be the one on the losing end.
There was one particular question that I had from the story of Elisha and the Syrian army who had come to arrest him in 2 Kings 6:8-23.
Elisha told them that they were in the wrong place then led them to Samaria where they were captured and then later released.
I wondered for a long time how God could have supported how Elisha deceived the soldiers, until the day He explained by asking,
“My son , if death were to come knocking on your door asking for you, would you welcome it in? If sickness comes asking for you, will you hug it? If poverty comes looking for your address, will you say it is in the right place?”
When you have questions, turn to God for answers.
He alone can open your eyes to behold the wonders in His word, Psalm 119:18.
Application – When you have questions, turn to God for answers.
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
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