Recently, I was reading Ecclesiastes Chapter 7. When I got to verse 13, it stopped me dead in my tracks. “Consider the work of God: who can make straight what He has made crooked?”
That word “crooked” here does not mean “corrupt” or “evil”. It is to be understood as “inscrutable” or impossible to understand.
Yes, God does things that are inscrutable. As hard as I try, if God has purposed something impossible to understand, I am wasting time and energy trying to figure it out.
I have found myself striving to reconcile some of the most difficult chapters of my life. Sometimes, my pursuit has led to knowledge and understanding. Other times, I feel trapped in a cycle of asking the same questions that have no apparent answers. It leaves me feeling drained, anxious, and confused.
Such freedom came to my heart as I realized I am trying to make something “straight” (understandable) that He has made “crooked” (impossible to understand)! God actually DESIGNS some things to be unknown and I can be free from trying to figure it all out! I can accept that, even if He explained it to me in “God language”, I would still never comprehend.
In I Corinthians 13, Paul compared our current level of understanding to a person looking through a piece of darkened glass, where one could see shadows of things, but could not make out the details. Some translations call it a “poor reflection”.
There will always be parts of life that feel mysterious to us because we live in a fallen world and God has chosen not to answer all our questions here and now. But, when we get to Heaven; our knowledge will be perfect, and EVERYTHING will be brought to light in His glorious presence!
By: Kristine Morgan
~Christ Fellowship