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Ecclesiastes 11:5 (NIV):
As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.
The above scripture lays bare a simple truth about our knowledge versus the knowledge that God has. Here it is… Our knowledge is lacking. Our knowledge is not complete. God, however, has all knowledge. God’s knowledge is complete.
While we “do not know the path of the wind,” God does. Psalm 104:4 (NIV) states: He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.
While we do not know “how the body is formed in a mother’s womb,” God does. Psalm 139:13 (NKJV) states: For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.
Only God knows everything. Only God has perfect knowledge. Knowing this about God, what should be our response? How about the following:
- Reverence. Out of our love for God we should revere – respect, esteem – God above anything or anyone else.
- Submission. Out of our love for God we should willingly submit – yield – to God.
- Surrender. Out of our love for God we should willingly release control of our lives – the things we are attached to, the people and things we care for, the things we depend on – and place our lives into God’s hands.
- Obedience. Out of our love for God we should willingly obey God without hesitation and without question.
Moment of reflection: do we respond to God – the Maker of all things – out of a heart bowed in reverence, submission, surrender, and obedience?
If in this moment our answer to the above question is “no,” “not quite,” or “not always,” let us make some changes.
James 4:14 (NKJV) states in part: For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Today is the day, and now is the time, that we accept that our knowledge does not measure up, or compare to, God’s knowledge.
Today is the day, and now is the time, that we accept that the world’s knowledge will never measure up, or compare to, God’s knowledge.
When we finally accept that God’s knowledge is complete, we will turn away from looking to ourselves, or to the world, and look only to God for direction, answers to questions, help with challenges, and so on.
When we finally accept that God’s knowledge is complete, we will come to know that the life of a believer should be lived revering, submitting, surrendering, and obeying God – the God of all knowledge – the Maker of all things.
Amos 4:13 (NIV) states: He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth – the Lord God Almighty is his name.
Except where indicated, scripture references are from the American Standard Version (ASV), Darby Translation (DARBY), or King James Version (KJV) – all public domain.
