Scripture

The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief. To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.

~Ecclesiastes 1:18, NLT

Quote

God in His wisdom–to teach us humility and to walk by faith–has hid from us almost everything that we would like to know.

~J.I. Packer

James Innell Packer was one very intelligent man in my opinion. I understand that he was cut from Reform cloth but he is not your typical Reform. I never met him personally but there is a lot of humility in his books and that is a very rare thing for a Reform. He is in full agreement with yours truly that we do not know with any exactness what God is doing in our lifetime. Take Israel for example. I don’t listen to them but I can promise you that the tele-evangelist can explain everything that is going on and tell you that they saw it coming. Packer says, “We do not know and God designed it this way.” Folks, I like Jonathan Cahn, he is a very interesting man and he does understand things that are hard for Gentiles to grasp and I appreciate his insights but he does not know what God is doing. He may know in part but his ignorance exceeds his knowledge. Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 8:17, “I realized that no one can discover everything God is doing under the sun. Not even the wisest people discover everything, no matter what they claim.”

I had a man tell me once, “What you don’t know, cannot hurt you.” That is incorrect: ignorance can cause severe problems but at the same time God is being merciful to us by not telling us the details of the future. I have endured some things that I don’t think I could have handled if I had known what was coming. I know I am going to die and I am OK with that, but I don’t want to know time and place. God mercifully does not reveal everything to us. Mother use to say, “Curiosity killed the cat.” They are some things you don’t need to know. You keep poking and prying and one day you will discover something that you will wish you had not known.

Extra

PTL for the rain and the cool down. It felt good on the way to the office. I think June said that it was going to be seven degrees cooler today; that would be 89 which is hot enough. I could live with 79 or better still 69. Pray for our cancer warriors: Lincoln, Christy and Charity.

Have a great day and thanks for reading the blog.