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Isaiah 58: 8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither your ways are my ways, declared the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”
Man has excelled much since those words were penned so long ago. Today knowledge of everything has expanded to a degree the average man can’t fathom. We’re collectively getting so smart we think we know everything. Mankind is striving to rid itself of the need for God. We think we know “the way”. Man has progressed to the state that Satan found himself in before he fell from grace. Satan knew everything, built everything, and produced the music that filled the heavens, beautiful beyond comparison. In his mind, he was at first equal to God, and then as pride grew, he no longer needed God.
His thoughts were not God’s thoughts and so he wanted to go his own way. This is what tempted Adam and Eve and still tempts us today. With great pride, we trumpet our achievements and glorify and reward ourselves for what we have done.
Second Samuel 22:33 “God is my strength and power and He maketh my way perfect.” It is God who made the heavens and the earth and everything in this world. As grand as we think we are, have we created a seemingly endless universe or breathed the breath of life into a lump of dirt? Are so advanced that we think we will conquer the grave? The Bible does say that there will be a point that men will want to die but can’t. But it also says it’s only a temporary phenomenon solely for the punishment of Christ-rejecting men.
There’s a way that seems right to men but it is the way of death. We need a savior but who’s it going to be? Will we rely on ourselves? How about a scientist, or some guru, or God forbid, a politician? Isn’t that what most of us do? Haven’t we pretty much become the master controller of our lives?
Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. He showed us the Father and the way to Him. He’s not a liar, he doesn’t need to trick you into following him. His thoughts are the Father’s thoughts. He spent much time in prayer; he wanted to know God’s thoughts. No other name was given among men by which we can be saved. There is no other way.