Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

I want so badly to understand things.

I feel like Forest Gump so many days. So many things are just beyond my comprehension.

Take something as simple as gravity for instance. Everyone knows that gravity exists. You see its effects. It is measurable enough to calculate a rocket's trajectory to Mars.

Ask a physicist to tell you what it is. What causes it? Does it travel faster than light? Is everything in the universe connected to every other thing by some invisible instantaneous force? How does that work? No one really knows more than the first few layers of that onion.

Lean not unto thine own understanding...

This is our source of pride - we know what to do. We can take care of THIS.

It is the lie that got Adam and Eve kicked out of paradise. "You will not surely die...do what YOU want to do.. not what God told you to do... its alright. You can handle it....

His ways are higher... his thoughts are higher....

I remember when I first started working as an engineer and my brilliant proposal was turned down. It was the low cost, most technologically advanced solution. It was the OBVIOUS course of action to anyone with a brain in their head. Management must be stupid. Thats what young engineers tend to think.

Later when I started calling on CEOs and top management as a sales engineer, I began to understand that they have a lot of issues to deal with and that the low cost most technologically advanced solution, might not meet all of their criteria. The political ramifications, for example, might dictate a high cost low tech solution for some reason. The view from upstairs was much clearer.

God sees things that we can't see. He sees the end of the road and all the obstacles that will be in our way. He knows every intimate detail about us. He knows what is best - what will fulfill us, what will make us happy, what will make us complete, what will make us whole.

Our best life is to trust Him.