“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings” (25:2). Solomon was a man of great wisdom. Wisdom does not just consist in understanding things. It also consists in knowing the limits of human understanding. Solomon sought depth of understanding in all things. But there are some things that a person can never understand. God is far above what our minds can conceive, and his ways are infinitely beyond our capacity to grasp. This is his glory. God does, however, want us to understand how he works and what he desires. He wants us to have the ‘mind of Christ’ in all things and to this end he gives us his Spirit. By the Holy Spirit we can know God and his will in a profoundly intimate and personal way. But we should always remember that the God who we come to know is ultimately far beyond our capacity to understand intellectually: “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). God will do things that will surprise us. He will work in and through people in ways that may seem strange to us. He will lead us in a path that will pass through seemingly senseless tragedies, and we may never know why he allows such things to happen. Your mind that naturally questions does not have the capacity to receive the answers. But it is not yours to always know why. You must understand what God wants you to understand and then trust God with what cannot be fathomed.
Ask God to lead you and teach you his ways.
Read Proverbs 25:1-5
