Title

God’s Reasoning

Scripture
Now you shall say to this people, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death”’
(Jeremiah 21:8)
Devotional
The ways of the Lord are not trite. That is, God is not flippant nor fickle. God means what He says and says what He means. God is not casual about His directions to His creation. Proverbs says it this way, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” Our reasoning is not always in line with the reasons of God. For example, God explicitly instructs His people about the tithe. Yet, many folks do not tithe because they reason it away in their minds. They calculate that the math does not work, so they choose the way of their own reasoning, and they wonder why they are broke. The Lord’s way is the way of abundant life. Man’s way is the way of certain death. Therefore, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.”
Text For The Day
Jeremiah 21:8: “Now you shall say to this people, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.’”
 
Thought For The Day

“The first section was studying the time-space relationship later formulated by Einstein as his Theory of Relativity. The text was complex and, being unable to comprehend it, I committed the pages to memory. When I was called upon to recite, I solemnly reeled off almost word for word what the book said. Our instructor, Colonel Fieberger, looked at me somewhat quizzically and asked, ‘Do you understand this theory?’   It was a bad moment for me, but I did not hesitate in replying, ‘No, sir.’ You could have heard a pin drop. I braced myself and waited.  And then the slow words of the professor: ‘Neither do I, Mr. MacArthur. Section dismissed.’”  Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Questions To Ponder
Morning Study Guide
Defining:  “Reasoning”: Weighing what we know against what we do not know. For the believer it is weighing what we know by faith against what we do not know.
 
Referencing: “‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool,’” Isaiah 1:18.
 
Applying: Think; and include the Spirit of God and the Word of God in your thinking.