Job 34:33 Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I… The mind of man is not the mind of God. Suppose man had the ordering of things, what an alteration would he make in the Lord's counsels and arrangements. Is the mind of the spiritual man opposite to that of God? Through the abounding grace of his Redeemer it is in great measure otherwise. But in him, yea, even in him, there is a frame of mind, at times, which rises, or which strives to rise, against the mind of God. There are certain dispensations of God's providence which even he is often under strong temptations to wish otherwise. When affliction comes upon him, he sometimes thinks God's hand presses too sore, and beyond what the case asks for. Even the mind of the believer is not, in many points, conformed to the mind of God. Consider a comparison of God and His creatures. 1. In point of rank and eminency. 2. In point of wisdom. 3. Think of the Lord's graciousness and goodness.The experience of all ages is enough to teach us how ill it has been when things have been according to men's own minds, and how well it has been when they have submitted to the mind of God. The Lord has sometimes let men have their own way; and sad has been the consequence. A last reason why the believer ought not to desire that things should be according to his mind, is that such was not the spirit of Christ his Saviour. Even Christ pleased not Himself. And yet how much reason there is to fear that this is the secret wish of too many of us. Else why so much of fretfulness and discontent when things are not according to our mind? (A. Roberts, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest. |
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