And when Jesus came to the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, 24 he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him. Matthew 9:23-24 – Honoring the request made by the girl’s father, Jesus came to the house where the daughter who had just died was in. There at the house was a gathering of likely hired mourners, individuals who were paid to play music and wail to add to the grief of the situation. Upon arrival and seeing all this, Jesus told the mourners to go home for the girl wasn’t dead, but sleeping. What do we see as the reaction of the gathering to Jesus’ words? They laugh at Him. They knew the truth, she was dead, and what a joke this guy must be to believe something different. They believed they knew better than the God of the universe knew. Now we never fall into this trap…right? Where we assume we know more about the situation than God does and expect our way of handling it to be followed. The reality is we don’t know better than God does. While we may believe this new job opportunity is the best thing for us, God may know it’s actually not. When we may believe that healing of this disease is the best thing for our family, God may know it’s not. Whatever the situation may be, let’s not fall into this trap of assuming we know better than God does on how things should play out. Yes, the way He may choose to move may appear totally wrong to us at first, but trust that the Lord sees beyond what we see and moving down His path will give Him the most glory. Trust the Lord and lean not on your own understanding. He always knows better than we do. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3331
Question To Ponder: Why might someone think they know better than God about something?
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