From today’s reading...
‘It is hard enough for us to work out what is on earth, laborious to know what lies within our reach; who, then, can discover what is in the heavens?’” Wisdom 9:16
We do not know God’s will.
We do not know His mind.
We do not know His intentions.
At least, not completely, because it’s impossible to know the entire mind of your spouse of 20 or 40 or 60 years, let alone the Creator of the universe.
But God does want us to know Him and to be with Him, which is why He “sent (His) holy Spirit from above” (v17b).
“‘Thus have the paths of those on earth been straightened and people have been taught what pleases you, and have been saved, by Wisdom’” (v18).
So don’t seek to be God. Seek to be open to receiving His Wisdom through His Spirit, which is best done by receiving His Son, who gives us His daily bread, and receiving daily is the only way to...
Stay the course.
Keep the faith.
Endure.
Now go sell something.
