“The Lord works in mysterious ways, His many wonders to perform!”
Which of us hasn’t encountered this saying a hundred times in our lifetimes. And it is logical enough - after all, God IS big - and his ways are complicated! As Paul said:
Romans 11:33-34 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
And yet this very common - yet totally unscriptural - saying, has a crippling affect on the mental ability of everyone in protestant Christianity today! If you ask them any question which they cannot readily answer, their eyes will glaze over with awe while their face transforms into a blank mask of idiocy and they will respond as if from afar, “The Lord works in mysterious ways, His many wonders to perform!”
But what they really MEAN is, “I don’t know why God did that, but rather than admit I’m too lazy to find out, I’ll just say that God doesn’t WANT me to find out!” Read the rest of this entry »