You Do Not Understand, Because You Do Not Know

God’s Plan > Your Understanding

“After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. ² There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. ³ Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.” – Matthew 17: 1-3

You may be curious why I am starting this blog with this bible verse; What does this have to do with me understanding God’s plan?

Let me take you back to Exodus.

When Moses was commanded to save the Israelites from Egypt using various plagues and a guaranteed safe haven with the “Passover,” Moses led them on a 40-year-long journey to the “promised land.” Due to the Israelites lack of obedience, the generation that Moses had saved was not permitted to go to the Holy Land. During these trials and tribulations, Moses struck a rock to replenish the Israelites, which broke God’s command to Moses.

Now, Moses was not permitted to see the Holy Land either.

“Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”

¹⁹ And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. ²⁰ But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.” – Exodus 33:18-20

The two requests Moses asked for were these: To take see the Holy Land and to see God.

Both were denied.

Moses led the Israelites for 40 years, and because of one mistake, was not allowed to see the Holy Land. He also was deeply embedded with God, having conversations daily, and a deeper relationship than the norm. He was not allowed to see God’s face.

You may be thinking that this is unfair for such a man to go through this; Or thinking about how Moses probably did not understand why God would not forgive him after all the work he did for God’s chosen people.

Until Jesus appeared on the Mountain of Transfiguration.

Moses transfigured onto the mountain with Jesus and Elijah, where Jesus transfigured into God.

Moses had his two requests answered through Jesus: To see the Holy Land and to see God.

Just because you do not understand why life isn’t working in your favor, it is because you do not know the works that God is building for you right now.

Soul & Divinity > Flesh and Humanity

⁸ And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” ⁹ Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? ¹⁰ Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. ¹¹ But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.” – Job 1:8-11

Job was a righteous man, who lived a flourishing lifestyle filled with family and livestock. He was prosperous, God-fearing, and charitable. Was looked at upon his peers as a respectable man, and was free of the flesh.

Until God and Satan agreed to test him.

Job’s livestock and ten children were killed, and Job cried out to the Lord. He had won the test, but his flesh believed it was through sin. Then, a new test came for Job, and sores covered his entire body. He was alive, but had lost everything: Health, livestock, family, riches, respect. Job was then visited by three of his friends, where they bantered back and forth about what Job could have done.

They did not understand why this was happening to job, because they did not know about the divine testing being put in place.

When God and Job finally spoke, God questioned Job’s authority, but ultimately replenished Job’s life by double. Job had passed Satan’s test and was never even told by God that such a test was happening to him. Although Job had lost everything, God was working through him in a divine way.

Imagine being picked by God to represent holiness like Job, is this not a fascinating thing? Job never knew he was being tested by God, had no understanding of his torment, and still kept the faith till the end. Job’s flesh did not understand the human measures being placed on him, because he did not know about the divine works being placed on him. A good analogy would be how the disciples could barely understand Jesus’ parables.

The flesh can never fully understand the soul.

Takeaways

• Moses was not allowed to see the Holy Land or God: During the Son of God’s earthly reign, Moses was able to in the most epic way possible.
• Job did not understand why he went through torment: He was chosen by God to represent his holiness against Satan.
• Just because you do not feel or see God’s plan for you, does not mean that he is not in the works.
• The flesh can never understand the soul; The Human can never understand the divine.
• God always has your back, his hand on your shoulder, the light in your dark.