Proverbs IV
The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble. (Proverbs 16:4 ESV)
Everything
God is not like me.
I spend a lot of my time putting out fires. I have plans, to be sure… and sometimes they work out ok. But things always happen that are not according to my plans. External things like weather and the economy, and internal things like my attitudes and errors.
My best laid plans go oft astray.
But God’s plans are supreme, complicated, and bigger than I can imagine.
Even the wicked, His enemies, somehow are in His plans.
I do not fully comprehend how this works. Certainly, God does not create evil. But He is smarter than I am, stronger than I am, wiser than I am, and simply MORE than I am.
He does not wring His hands in heaven over His failed plans. Because His plans work.
Think about some obvious examples in Scripture. Jesus’ death on the cross. Joseph being sold into slavery in Egypt. Jeremiah lamenting down in his pit.
I may not understand it… but I am glad He is that big.