Great God!
Just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my plans than your plans. ~ Isaiah 55:9 (CEB)
Who can measure the wealth and wisdom and knowledge of God? Who can understand his decisions or explain what he does? ~ Romans 11:33 (CEV)
God, your wealth, wisdom, and knowledge outperforms all other beings. No one is even close to understanding what you're up to. Sometimes I try too hard to understand. I match up details and circumstances and confidently announce my conclusions. But then I get annoyed once I figure out that I have not really figured it all out. I not only need to trust your great mind but I need a little more humility. And I'm looking forward to growing into that -- even today. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2015 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
