Even the casual or uninformed reader of
the Bible can see that God’s ways and plans are different from those of people.
God uses Kingdom principles to accomplish Kingdom purposes.
God’s ways are redemptive, loving, and
compassionate. His ways bring cleansing and forgiveness and build people up.
His ways bring humility. His way is the way of service and love. God does not
simply wait to help us achieve our goals for Him. He desires to accomplish His
own purposes through us -- and in His own way.
God said, “For My thoughts are not your
thoughts, and your ways are not My ways” (Isaiah 55:8). We will not carry out
God’s plan with our methods. This is one of the basic sin problems people face:
“We all went astray like seep; we all have turned to our own way” (Isaiah
53:6). It is foolish to think we can accomplish God’s work by using the world’s
methodology and values.
-- Henry Blackaby, Richard Blackaby and Claude King in
“Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God”
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