And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you].

How little we know God’s ways.

This morning I was pondering over much of the political chaos in the world, especially America. I was reminded of something the Lord said to me last year March 2020, “My people do not know my ways, nor do they know my Word”. The thought came to me that God’s ways are past finding out. But is this true?

Hosea 4:6 (NLT) says, “My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me.”

Hebrews 3:10 (NIV) says, “That is why I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.’

God’s ways are so much higher than ours, but it is possible to know know His ways. He sets them forth in His Word. His way is His purpose or customary action. He sets before us “the way of life and the way of death” (Jeremiah 21:8), the good way or way of righteousness, and the paths of justice (Isaiah 26:7; Proverbs 8:20).

Second Isaiah 55 is an invitation to get to know Him and His ways. It costs you nothing other than your time.

In Second Isaiah 55 verse 9 God says, “For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your

God does not adjust His thoughts to our thoughts nor to our plans and ideas. We cannot enlighten or instruct Him “the path of justice”, “knowledge”, or “the way of understanding” (Isaiah 40:13-14).

He admonishes the wicked to forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Encouraging them to turn to the Lord, and He will have mercy on them, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

God’s thoughts are higher than human thoughts. Yet, if we take the time to get to know Him, He will reveal Himself to us.

Discipleship costs you something, but it yields a great reward!

It is my hope in these discipleship shorts to express the heart of God for the Church in these last days. And to encourage every Believer to be renewed and transformed in their understanding of God’s desire for His Church to fulfill the… and see a practical manifestation of the Kingdom on earth. When we discover Gods heart it transforms and shapes our attitude, focus and priorities more than any other.

“So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you” (Romans 12:2 MSG)