so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth īut it shall accomplish that which I purpose,Īnd prosper in the thing for which I sent it. As an intelligent and thoughtful human I like to think that I understand the world around me. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,Īnd return not thither but water the earth, For as the heavens are higher than the earth, He is the way, the truth and the life and HIS ways are as unique and. He is the first one to rise from the dead and through his death and resurrection we have been blessed with the life in all its fullness. Let me lead you each step of this long weary day, Let me clasp thy trembling hand in. Christ, the son of most high God, our mediator, High Priest, King, Lord and the Saviour works in a unique way. Neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD. My ways, my child, are not your ways, My thoughts are higher than thine. Let him return to the LORD, that he may have mercy on him,Īnd to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Behold, you shall call nations that you know not,Īnd nations that knew you not shall run to you,īecause of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, Hearken diligently to me, and eat what is good,Īnd I will make with you an everlasting covenant, Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,Īnd your labor for that which does not satisfy? God's ways are much higher than our own, and infinitely more trustworthy. "Ho, every one who thirsts, come to the waters God's ways - a Christian perspective We can take comfort that God's thoughts and actions are not directed by merely human motiviations-they're not subject to the temptations and wickedness that our own thoughts are. The HTI is grateful to NCC and the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Computer Analysis of Texts (CCAT) for their permission to provide this WWW-accessible version. The Revised Standard Version of the Bible is copyright © National Council of Churches of Christ in America and distributed to registered users (see User Agreement) with their kind permission. Bible, Revised Standard Version Bible, Revised Standard Version