Oh, Lord, I just don't understand

Often the things in life that make us wait upon God are beyond our comprehension and power. We just do not understand why nor do we have the ability to change it.  Within our time of waiting a common prayer is to say to God, "I don't understand. Why is this happening?"  Murray addresses this in day nine of his devotional.

Using both Psalm 31:24 and Proverbs 3:5, Murray sorts a person's inner man into two sections - the mind, which is the area of reason, and the heart, which is man's area to connect with God.  I do not take his position. Rather I sort people based on body, soul, and spirit. However, I do agree that people tend to either follow their heart or their mind. They  follow their heart to the exclusion of doctrine (logic). Others are so heavy on doctrine that there is no heart in their faith.

Unfortunately the second paragraph has strayed away from Murray's intent to help us learn to wait when we do not understand. So let's return to that. Murray writes, "This is now the blessedness of waiting upon God, that I confess the impotence of all my thoughts and efforts, and set myself still to bow my heart before Him in holy silence, and to trust Him to renew and strengthen His own work in me. And this is just the lesson of our text, "Let your heart take courage, all ye that wait on the Lord." Remember the difference between knowing with the mind and believing with the heart. Beware of the temptation of leaning upon your understanding, with its clear strong thoughts. They only help you to know what the heart must get from God: in themselves they are only images and shadows."

So in our times when life does not make sense, wait on God. Why? Because all our thougts and efforts are impotent, powerless.  But God can strengthen, God can restore, God can renew, God can heal, God can.....

I'll try and catch up late this evening. If not, I'll see you tomorrow.

-Mark