Thoughts & Ways
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the LORD. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.’” (Isaiah 55:8-9)
While doing some reading the other day, I came across this familiar passage of Scripture. But, I think it really hit me…it sank in pretty deep how far off I am when it comes to having my thoughts and my ways in line with God.
His thoughts are not my thoughts…His ways are not my ways. As hard as I may try to line my thoughts up with His thoughts, I still fall way short. And, as much as I attempt to have my ways fall in with His ways, I continue to miss the mark.
The big thing is that we continually strive to have our thoughts and our ways become more and more like His. We need to be constantly diving into His Word, focusing our hearts on Him, praising and worshipping the only One who is worthy, finding out how to live, breathe, and walk as He desires. It’s all about figuring out how, as Rob Bell puts it, to have our hearts beat as one with our Creator.
My thoughts may not be His thoughts…my ways may not be His ways…But, I’m going to do all I can to become more and more like Him. I guess this is part of what I believe it means to live a life of worship…doing all we can to glorify God by attempting to line our thoughts and ways up with His thoughts and ways.