Daily Devotion

“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."  Isaiah 55:9

When everything's falling apart, "God's ways are higher than your ways" can feel painfully distant—almost like a divine dismissal of our suffering, rather than comfort for our hearts.

But consider this: A child watching their parent work doesn't understand why they leave every morning. They only know the absence hurts. They can't grasp that the leaving enables the providing, that the temporary separation ensures permanent security.

Yet, the child keeps trusting, even when they don't understand. In the same way, we are invited to trust even through confusion and absence.

We are those children. We see abandonment; God sees preparation.

We see punishment; God sees protection.

We see closed doors; God sees a redirection of our destiny.

The gap isn't just between heaven and earth—it's between seeing only this moment and seeing eternity at once, between seeking comfort and seeking glory, between our idea of good and God's vision of perfect.

This isn't about God being mysterious. It's about God being so good that even His disruptions are kindnesses, His denials are gifts, and His delays are deliverances.

Even when we can't see the reason, we can trust that His perspective holds goodness beyond our imagination. One day, the pieces will fit, and His kindness will be unmistakable.