Often times in our lives we pray for something and when you don’t get it within the time period that you think you should, then you start to question if YAHWEH has heard your prayer or you begin to think that you did something wrong. You ask YAHWEH why He is taking so long to move in your life? We have all been there, but the thing is that YAHWEH has declared the end from the beginning and His timing is always perfect. He is working even when you don’t think He is working, you just have to trust Him and wait for His kindness. This purpose of this is to wait for YAHWEH and understand that He is doing things behind the scenes that you cannot do or even fathom, it’s beyond human comprehension.
But first, I would like to go over scriptures that prove that we can never know the mind of YAHWEH nor does He need any counselor.
Which is why YAHWEH says:
Isaiah 55:8
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares YAHWEH. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”
Then YESHUA said:
John 8:23
“And He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world.”
And other writers agree that we can never fathom His ways:
2 Esdras 5:33-35
“And I said, “Speak on, master.” Then he said to me, “You are greatly troubled in heart for the sake of Yisra’el. Do you love that people more than He who made them? And I said, “No, master, but of very grief I have spoken, for my kidneys pain me every hour, while I labor to understand the Way of the Most High, and seek out part of His Right-Ruling.” And he said to me, “You CANNOT.” And I said, “Why, master?” For what was I born then, or why has my mother’s womb not my grave, that I might not have seen the trouble of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the race of Yisra’el?
Ecclesiastes 11:5
“As you do not know what is the way of the wind, or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, so you do not know the works of ELOHIM who makes all.”
Isaiah 40:27-28
“Did you not know? Have you not heard? The everlasting ELOHIM, YAHWEH, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His UNDERSTANDING IS UNSEARCHABLE.” Paul agrees with Isaiah that YAHWEH’S understand is unsearchable:
Romans 11:33
“Oh, the depth of riches and wisdom and knowledge of ELOHIM! How UNSEARCHABLE the judgments and UNTRACEABLE HIS WAYS! For who has known the mind of YAHWEH? Or who has become His COUNSELOR?
Enoch 14:22
“The flaming fire was around Him, and a great fire stood before Him, and none around could draw near Him. Then thousand times ten thousand stood before Him, yet He needed NO COUNSELOR.”
Enoch 93:11-12
“For who is there of all the children of men that is able to hear the voice of the Holy One without being troubled? And who can think His thoughts? And who is there that can behold all the works of heaven? And how should there be one who could behold the heaven, and who is there that could understand the things of heaven and see a being or a spirit and could tell thereof, or ascend and see all their ends and think them or do like them?”
2 Esdras 7:19
“And he said to me. “There is no judge above ELOHIM, and none that has understanding above the Most High.”
Sirach 42:17-25
“YAHWEH has not given power to the saints to declare all of His marvelous works, which YAHWEH the Almighty firmly settled, that whatever exists might be established for His esteem. He seeks out the deep, and the heart, and considers their crafty schemes; for YAHWEH knows all that may be known, and He looks upon the signs of the world. He declares the matters that are past, and those to come, and reveals the path of that which is hidden.” Sirach agrees with Isaiah that YAHWEH declares matters that are past, and those to come.
Isaiah 46:9-10
“Remember the former of long ago, for I am EL, and there is no one else-ELOHIM, and there is no one like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from of old that which has not been done, saying, “My counsel stands, and all My delight I do.”
How awesome is YAHWEH? No human can do these things!
So I want to present some scriptures about what YAHWEH and His Son YESHUA are doing behind the scenes that you are unaware of. We cannot even begin to fathom all that He does and after reading this you will never question Him again.
2 Esdras 4:1-11 (Parenthesis is my emphasis)
“And the messenger that was sent to me, whose name was Uri’el, answered me and said, “Your heart has gone too far regarding this world, and do you think to understand the way of the Most High? Then I said, “Yes, my master.” And he answered me, and said, “I have been sent to show you three ways and to put forth three situations before you; of which if you declare to me one, I shall also show you the way that you desire to see, and I shall show you from where the wicked heart comes.” And I said, “Speak on, my master.” Then he said to me, “Go your way, WEIGH THE WEIGHT OF FIRE, OR MEASURE THE BLASTS OF WIND, OR RECALL THE PAST DAY.” Then I answered and said, “What MAN is able to do this, that you should ask such matters of me?” (Ezra couldn’t answer not one of three questions, which is why we should never question YAHWEH.) And he said to me, “If I should ask you how many dwellings are in the midst of the sea, or how many springs are in the source of the deep, or how many fountains are above the expanse, or which are the exits of She’ol, nor did I ever climb up into the heavens.” Nevertheless I have only asked you of the fire and wind, and of the day through which you have passed, and of that from which you CANNOT be separated, and yet, you give me no answer of them.” He said further to me, “That which is your own, and what you have grown up with, you cannot know. How then should your mind be able to know the way of the Most High, and the world being now outwardly corrupted, to understand the corruption that is clearly in my sight?”
Which is why we are told not to lean not to our own understanding:
Proverbs 3:5
“Trust in YAHWEH with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding…”
Ezra was not able to answer any of these questions because they were beyond human comprehension. No one has ever thought about weighing fire or measuring the blast of the wind because that seems impossible, yet YAHWEH can do it. Even every hair on your head is numbered which is something you cannot do either.
Mathew 10:29-30
“Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground without your Father. And even the hairs of your head are ALL numbered.”
2 Esdras 5:35-49
“And he said to me, “You cannot.” And I said, “Why, master? For what I was born then, or why has my mother’s womb not my grave, that I might not have seen the trouble of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the race of Yisra’el? And he said to me, “Number for me that which has not yet come (those not even born yet); gather together for me the dross that is scattered abroad (some translations say count up for Me the rain drops), make the flowers that are withered green again, open for Me the places that are closed, and bring forth for Me the winds that in them are shut up, show Me THE IMAGE OF A VOICE; and then I shall declare to you that which you labor to know.” And I said, O YAHWEH who reigns, who may know these, but He whose dwelling is not with men? As for me, I am unwise; how may I then speak of these matters of which You ask me? Then He said to me, “As you are UNABLE to do any of these that I have spoken of, even so you cannot find out My judgment, or the love in the end that I have promised to My people.” And I said, “See, O YAHWEH, You are still near to those who are reserved till the end; but what shall they do who have been before me, or we who are here now, or those who shall come after us? And He said to me “I shall liken My judgment to a circle; as there is no slackness for the last, even so there is no swiftness for the first.” So I answered and said, “Could you not make those who have been made, and are now, and who are to come, at once; that You might show Your judgment sooner? Then He answered me, and said, “The creature cannot hasten more than the Maker; neither could the world hold at once those who shall be created within.” And I said, “As You have said to Your servant, that You, who gives life to all, have given life at once to the creature that You have created, and the creation bore it; even so it might also bear those who are now present at once.” And He said to me, “Ask the womb of a woman, and say to her, if you bring forth children, why not do them all together, but one after another? Ask her therefore to bring forth TEN children at once.” And I said, “She cannot; but must do it over a span of time.” Then He said to me, “Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those who are sown in it in their times. For as a young child cannot bring forth those that belong to the aged, even so have I subjected the world which I created.”
Sirach 1:1-3
“All wisdom comes from YAHWEH, and is with Him forever. Who may number the sand of the sea and the drops of rain, and the days of eternity?”
Counting the number of rain drops is impossible for a man to do, yet Esdras and Sirach making references to YAHWEH counting them and not only the rain but the sand and the days of eternity, This is awesome our ELOHIM is!
Sirach 43:13-33 (parenthesis my emphasis)
“By His command He makes the snow fall in place, and sends the lightning’s of His judgment swiftly. Through this the storehouses are opened; and clouds fly onward as birds. By His great power He makes the clouds pour out, and the hailstones are broken small. At His sight the mountains are shaken, and at His desire the south wind blows. The noise of thunder cause the earth to tremble; so does the northern storm and the whirlwind. As birds flying He scatters the snow, and its falling is as the settling of grasshoppers. The eye marvels at the loveliness of its whiteness, and the heart is astonished at its falling. He also pours the frost as salt upon the earth, and being hardened, it lays on the top as sharp icicles. When the north wind blows, and the water is hardened into ice, it remains upon every collection of water, and clothes the water like a breastplate. It devours the mountains, and burns the wilderness, and consumes the grass like fire. A mist coming speedily stands as a healer of all, a refreshing dew coming after heat. By His counsel He calms the deep, and plants islands within it. Those who sail on the sea tell of its dangers; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel at it.” For in it are strange and wondrous works, differing kinds of all creatures and whales created. By Him the end of them has a benefit of good, and by His word ALL EXISTS. WE MAY SPEAK MUCH, AND YET COME SHORT (In other words we can’t even begin to fathom His esteem, power, and might not even with many words). Therefore in summary, He is all. How are we able to exalt Him? For He is great above all His works. YAHWEH is awesome and exceedingly great, and His power is marvelous. When you esteem YAHWEH, exalt Him as much as you may; for He shall even yet far exceed. And when you exalt Him, deliver all your strength, and do not be weary; for you shall never declare enough, who has seen Him, that he might tell us? And who could exalt Him as He is? THERE ARE STILL GREATER THAN THESE WHICH ARE HIDDEN, for we have seen but a FEW OF HIS WORKS. For YAHWEH has made all; and to the reverent has He given wisdom.”
Enoch 93:13-14
“And who is there of all men that could know what is the breadth and the length of the earth, and to whom has been shown the measure of all of them? Or is there anyone who could discern the length of the heaven and how great is its height, and upon what it is founded, and how great is the number of the stars, and were all the luminaries rest?”
2 Esdras 6:1-6
“And He said to me, “In the beginning, when the earth was made, before the borders of the world stood, or the winds ever blew; before it thundered and lightning struck, or before the foundations of paradise were laid; before the lovely flowers were seen, or ever the movable powers were established, before the innumerable multitude of messengers were gathered together, or before the heights of the heavens were lifted up, before the measures of the expanse were named, or before the footstool of Zion was established, and before the present years were sought out, and before the deeds of those who now sin were turned, before those who have gathered belief for a treasure were sealed. Then I considered these, and they all were made through Me alone, and through none other; by Me they shall also be ended, and by none other.” And we know the world was created through His Son YESHUA John 1, Hebrews 1, Colossians 1, because they are ONE!
Job 38
“Then YAHWEH answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, “Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Now gird up your loins like a man, and I ask you, and you answer Me. Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding. Who appointed its measurements, if you know? Or who stretched the line upon it? Upon what were its foundations sunk? Or who laid its corner-stone, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of ELOHIM shouted for joy? Or enclosed the sea with doors, when it burst forth and came from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band; and assigned for it My law, and put bars and doors; and said, “This far you have come, but no farther, and here your proud waves stop? Have you ever commanded the morning, and caused the dawn to know its place, to take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? It is changed like clay under a seal, and they stand out like a garment. And their light is withheld from the wicked, and the arm lifted up is broken. Have you come to the sources of the sea? Or have you walked about in the recesses of the deep? Were the gates of death revealed to you? Or have you seen the gates of the shadow of death? Have you understood the breadth of the earth? Declare, if you know it all. Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, that you should take it to its boundary, and know the paths to its home? Do you know? For you would have been born then, and the number of your days been many! (Eternal and here from the beginning!) Have you entered into the storehouses of snow, or have you seen the storehouse of hail, which I have kept for the time of distress, for the day of fighting and battle? Where is the way that light is divided, or the east wind scattered over the earth? Who has cleft a channel for the overflowing water, or a way for the thunderclaps, to make rain fall on land where no one is, a wilderness in which there is no man; to satisfy the wild and waste places, and to make the seeds of grass to sprout? Does the rain have a father? Or who has brought forth the drops of dew? From whose womb comes the ice? And who gave birth to the frost of the heavens? The waters harden like stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen. Do you bind the bands of Kimah, or loosen the cords of Kesil? Do you bring out the constellations in its season? Or do you lead the bear with its sons? Do you know the laws of the heavens? Or do you apply their rule over the earth? Do you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that floods of water cover you? Do you send out lightning’s, and they go and say to you, ‘HERE WE ARE!?”
This reminds me of Baruk which says:
Baruk 3:32-34
“He who prepared the earth forever has filled it with four-footed beasts; He who sends forth the light, and it goes, calls it again, and it obeys Him with reverence. The stars shone in their watches, and rejoiced; when He calls them, they say, “HERE WE ARE.”
(Job 38 continued) Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the heart? Who has wisdom to count the clouds, or to tip over the pitches of the heavens, when the dust hardens in clumps, and the clouds cling together? Do you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, when they crouch in dens sit in the cover of their hiding place? Who provides food for the raven, when its young ones cry to EL, wander about without food?”
YAHWEH then continues to question Job about His power and knowledge in Chapter 39 to prove that no one can question Him! We cannot do not one of these things that He does and Job realized it, just as Ezra did. YAHWEH is the perfect immortal One, we are mortal and our comprehension only goes so far and if that wasn’t enough we are told that we haven’t even seen all of His works, but only a few of them.
None of us can count the hairs on our own head, none of us can count the rain drops, none of us can count the sand on the seashore, none of us can count the clouds, or feed the lions and ravens in the wild when they are hungry, none of us can weigh fire, none of us can show the picture of a voice, none of us were there to lay the foundations of the earth, none of us know the measurements of the earth, none of us know the measurements or the height of the heavens. None of us know the path of the wind or the laws of the heavens. So the next time you get ready to complain or doubt who YAHWEH is remember these scriptures and praise His Holy Name at all times! YAHWEH is worthy of praise and magnificent in all of His ways, we can never question anything that He does because His will is perfect. Most of us have never even contemplated all that He does daily and what He has done, so I pray this is an eye opener for you to know what Mighty ELOHIM we serve!
May our Father YAHWEH barak (bless) you in YESHUA’s Name!