All Confidence in Our Good God

"There is no wisdom or understanding or counsel against the LORD."

Proverbs 21:30

What confidence we have in God who is sovereign and supreme over all!  There is nothing that can be hidden from Him, no power to overrule Him or scheme to thwart His good purposes and plans.  Ultimately all things in heaven and earth must bow the knee before Him, for God rules and reigns over all.  He is so awesome and mighty nothing can be against Him, that is, to begin to present a challenge of any kind to Him.  Many have opposed God, been lifted up in pride against Him and sought to undermine or resist Him, but no one has ever done a thing to shift Him from His glorious position as KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS Who was, is and is to come.

Wisdom could be described as "skill for life," and since God is the source of all life He enables those who trust in Him to live it to the full forever.  He has all knowledge and understanding of all things, and He needs no advice or counsel to know what He must do.  There is nothing He has not already considered fully, and an alternate plan is not necessary for the God who does everything.  Unlike people or their heroes, God has no weakness or limitation.  There will never be a reduction of his mental capacity or strength.  He is not like an old dog that sleeps a lot more now than he used to, preferring the shade over romping in the sun.  God is not like a man who is careless, forgetful or cannot remember what he said.  He is God without equal, good beyond all comprehension and any comparison. 

Undergirding the power and strength of the almighty, living God is His immutable goodness.  It would be an awful thing indeed if God had evil intent and there was no possible way to overcome it.  Knowing God loves sinners and cheers them on to repentance and righteous living by faith in Him moves us to rest in Him without fear.  Paul wrote in Romans 8:31-33, "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? ³² He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? ³³ Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies."  God demonstrated His love for sinners by sending a Saviour Jesus Christ, so even when we were against Him His goodness was directed towards us.  Satan tried to overthrow Christ and God's intent was the death and resurrection of Jesus would provide eternal life for all who trust Him.  See?  There is no wisdom or understanding or counsel against the good LORD God.

Even when believers suffer many things, when enemies of God and His people rise up to thwart God's purposes and rob us of peace, we can rest confidently in the goodness of our God in the land of the living.  Romans 8:37-39 affirms, "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, ³⁹ nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."  Since nothing can separate us from God's love, nothing can deprive us of the joy, peace and rest found for our souls in Him.  As the song says, "No fear of death, nor scheme of man can ever pluck me from His hand."  In our good God we can place all confidence.