I used to be one to seek a logical understanding for everything. As a person being in control of my life meant a lot. I wanted to plan for my future. I wanted to graduate, get a job and finish giving birth at 32 years. I had it all planned out. When marriage and babies wasn't coming through I decided to go back to school and further my studies just so as to secure my future. Well I am yet to graduate 9 years later and got my first born at 32 years.
God has a good sense of humor.
It's not until recently that everything dawned on me.
I wasn't able to finish 8-4-4 system (primary to high school to university) because I read more than others. It's Gods grace. God knows there were classmates who read more than I did. There were those who graduated with 2nd class lower and are earning higher than many of us who graduated with 1st class or 2nd class upper. There are many who didn't make it to campus via Joint Admissions Board and now have doctorate degrees. God's favor located them. God's favor has located me that that is why I presently have a family and a job. I say presently because He decides what I keep. Favor locates and positions us all and differently and at different times. This happens so that we never forget God exists. There are many more who didn't make past primary school and are top business people. There are many with children but lack fees to take them to school. Many married , living a comfortable life and can afford fees for their children but they don't have children.
For the Christians, the Bible says the wisdom of human beings isn't greater than the foolishness of God. God gave humans ability to create and unfortunately they are creating things which are destroying them. All these diseases, wars and calamities are with us because humans have turned away from God. We don't see each other as God's creation. It's no wonder a brother will kill a brother or parent over land. We loot billions for ourselves at the expense of health for millions of people. Why won't the calamities become a reality? We want to control the future by looting from each other. God placed us in this world with a purpose and He equips us based on the purpose we are to fulfill for His glory not our glory.
I am not saying don't put effort and wait on God. I am saying
put effort but acknowledge He is the one that brings everything to fall into place. We need to praise God through all seasons of life. It can be particularly difficult when we are facing low seasons in our life and use human
wisdom to understand them. We forget God is present in all seasons. Calamities are caused by human beings not God. We
however need God to rescue us from our own wisdom which is foolishness
in all true sense.
Take the current times we are living in. We have flown people outside our country to get specialized treatment. Presently no country has the cure for the Corona Virus. Today no money will fly you out of the country when you have Corona Virus. I highly doubt any country will take you in as a foreigner just because you have money. God is the *ONLY* one to bring healing to the whole world. Of course He will come through for us through a research breakthrough. As we go about doing all we can to prevent ourselves from contracting the virus let us remember all that is useless without God. As we go about inspecting all buildings to avoid terrorist attacks, let us remember its useless without God.
It is God who will rescue us from our own human wisdom which in all sense is foolishness that continues to bring destruction to the earth. It is God who will open the minds of researchers to find cure for this virus. Same way that He opened cure for other viruses. It is God who puts solutions into human beings for the problems they bring upon themselves. God is the reason beyond the reasoning. God is the logical reasoning.
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