Sunday, December 30, 2012

Comprehension Comparisons

“Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.  I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the Holy.  Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended?  Who hath gathered the wind in his fists?  Who hath bound the waters in a garment?  Who hath established all the ends of the earth?  What is His name, and what is His Son's name, if thou canst tell?  Every word of God is pure: He is a Shield unto them that put their trust in Him” (Proverbs 30:2-5). 

There is a simple exercise
To test how wise we really are:
Now look up to the starry skies,
And try to add a single star.

Consider yet another test
Comparing wisdom that exists:
Can you bind waters as they crest
Or gather wind within your fists?

Now try this test to weigh the worth
Of what your wisdom comprehends:
Can you establish in the earth
The full extension of its ends?  

There are more tests of comprehension
That yet require greater depth: 
Can you command your own ascension,
And break the prison bars of death?

We see these questions on creation
Where human comprehension fails
And those pertaining to salvation,
Where Jesus Christ alone prevails.

The Lord has manifestly shown
How pure the words are of His grace  
Which bid us trust in Him alone,
And find in Him our Hiding Place.

O Lord, we thank You for Your Word
By which we learn to trust in You!
To trust ourselves would be absurd
With these comparisons in view!

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