God knows more, is wiser, is mightier, is more just, is more loving, and is more righteous than we are. As much as we may try to explain God, we simply can’t comprehend Him.
I’m reminded of my daughter when she was about three years old. She was taking a bath and said the water was too cold. So, I turned on the water, but told her she had to stay on the other end of the tub because it was going to be really hot. She asked why I was using hot water instead of warm water.
So, I explained the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics to her.
If you chuckled at that, you probably had a similar thought as my wife, who rolled her eyes at me and asked why I was explaining thermodynamics to a 3-year-old.
Why is that silly?
Simply put, a 3-year-old doesn’t have the ability to understand thermodynamics. They have enough trouble understanding that hot will hurt, let alone the mechanisms and laws that control why. We are kind of like the 3-year-old when it comes to God. But, wait…
I had a thought when I read our passage from Ecclesiastes, today.