Isaiah 55:8. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

John Calvin expressed it as “finitum non capax infinitum”, the finite cannot contain the infinite.

God is holy. When we think of being holy, we often consider it as a state of purity, without sin. But holy also means “set apart”. God is different than us in ways we cannot understand. His ways are are completely different.

Yet, when I consider the verse in Isaiah, I think of how I am different than another person. How my thoughts are different, my ways are different than others. But Calvin helps to express it in a way that doesn’t get confused with our simple human understanding of being different. We are finite and we cannot contain, understand, or comprehend the infinity of God.

When we face trials in our life, we may question God. Why did God allow this to happen to one of his children? When we do this, we have tried to fit God within our finite understanding. We temporarily forget that God is good all the time, that God’s plan for us is perfect, that God is truly infinite and we cannot understand all of what He is.

Heavenly Father, forgive me for trying to put you in box that contains only me. Forgive me for questioning your good intentions. Help me to trust and obey. Praying these things in the name of Jesus, my Lord and Savior.

Always praying for the glory of God,