Friday... We really, really need to be careful.

If we have been told from our beginning that we are so special and so smart then we can have an arrogance in which we need to be very careful. Oh we are special and we can do almost anything but it isn't because of us. And that is so important for us to know.

Now Paul puts us in our place. Over in Romans 11:34-35 (MSG) he writes, "Is there anyone around who can explain God? Anyone smart enough to tell him what to do? Anyone who has done him such a huge favor that God has to ask his advice?"

Oh please God, may we not be one of those who is so arrogant that they believe they can explain You. We live in a time that people think they are so smart that they can explain God and who put us down because we believe there is a God.

In verse 33 (NLT) Paul writes, "Oh, how great are God's riches and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways!" The Amplified Bible says, "Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements and decisions and how unfathomable and untraceable are His ways."

The prophet Isaiah in 40:28 (NLT) says, "Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding."

But this we can understand. Verses 29-31 says, "He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and exhausted. But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint." We can know that.

And back to Romans 11:36 (MSG), "Everything comes from him; Everything happens through him, Everything ends up in him. Always glory! Always praise! Yes. Yes. Yes." We can know that! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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Tuesday... I wonder what would happen if we didn't take the credit?

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