Certain truths are concrete, finite, and tangible. Mysteries are not. The very essence of a mystery makes it hard to grasp. You can’t put a mystery in a box or accurately predict its nature. Why? Because mysteries contain elements that are not yet clearly perceived.

God’s ways are inscrutable, not because He’s trying to hide something from us, but because our limited human understanding lacks the capacity to grasp the full scope of His sovereignty.

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8-9).

“God’s ways are not only higher than ours, but they are also better than ours. The big struggle we have is whether or not we will embrace them. There is a blessing and a hope that comes from embracing God’s ways. The good news is that the blessing comes even when you don’t understand what God is doing,”

Sometimes God permits Satan to carry out his evil plans. We all face situations that we don’t like, situations that force us to make choices. This is why our reference scripture for today is important; It brings clarity to unfortunate situations encountered by Christians. The bible says here that God was the one who gave Jacob (the Israelites) to be destroyed and plundered. God did this because his people had turned away from him and were refusing to listen to the truth. “For they would not follow his ways; they did not obey his law.”

God certainly loved His people, but He had to allow them to suffer so that their hard hearts could be broken. He wanted, and still wants, people to turn to Him and follow Him wholeheartedly. Because the Isrealites decided it was better to trust themselves and their own ways, God allowed them to see the fruit of their actions.