‘My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,’ says the Lord. ‘And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.’ Isaiah 55:8-9

 

What if God’s answer to your prayer was closer than you ever imagined?

When Rose lost her husband, she had no idea how she’d handle all the practical things her husband had taken care of during their long marriage. She lived in a home that badly needed repairs, but she didn’t know much about houses and had no idea who to trust. She couldn’t think of what to do and so she prayed that God would send the right person to help her. Then she left to run errands.

As she walked out of her house, she saw a man delivering construction materials to the home next door. “Do you do repair work on homes?” she asked the man? “Yes,” he replied! “Oh, I’ve been praying that God would send me someone,” she shared. The man smiled right back and said, “And I’ve been praying for extra work.” The man was a pastor who needed income for his family and did home repair as a side job.

In her wildest imagination, Rose said she’d never have thought that God would meet her need this fast or this way! God reminds us that His thoughts are not our thoughts, neither are our ways His ways. He says, in the Bible book of Isaiah, “‘My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,’ says the Lord. ‘And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts'” (Isaiah 55:8-9).

God promises that He’ll generously provide all that those who follow Him need (2 Corinthians 9:8). Just because you can’t imagine how He’ll meet the need you are facing today, doesn’t mean He can’t and won’t meet it!