Alan Redpath shares the following in Victorious Christian Service: "It is a tremendous moment in a Christian's life when he can honestly look up into the face of God and say, 'Yes, Lord, You are right and I am wrong,' when he stops arguing with God, and drops his controversy. He says, 'Lord, yes. I've got what I deserved in this situation. You are right; I am wrong.' That is the thing for which God has been working in your life and mine from the moment of our conversion."

Proverbs 21:30 reads, "There is no wisdom or understanding or counsel against the LORD." This is a warning against three ways of second-guessing the sovereign God. Here are three reasons against this practice.
Second-guessing the sovereign God is foolish. Paul warns, "Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, 'He catches the wise in their own craftiness;' and again, 'The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile'" (1 Corinthians 3:18-20). Remember, "There is no wisdom. . . against the LORD" (Proverbs 21:30).

Second-guessing the sovereign God is faithless. Proverbs 3:5-6 reads, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths." Hebrews 11:6 reads, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." Remember, "There is no... understanding... against the LORD" (Proverbs 21:30).

Second-guessing the sovereign God is futile. Job 42:1-4 reads, "Then Job answered the Lord and said: 'I know that You can do everything, And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. Listen, please, and let me speak; You said, 'I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'" Remember, "There is no... counsel against the LORD" (Proverbs 21:30).

John Newton explains, "(God) has a sovereign right to do with us as He pleases; and if we consider what we are, surely we shall confess we have no reason to complain; and to those who seek Him, His sovereignty is exercised in a way of grace. All shall work together for good; everything is needful that He sends; nothing can be needful that He withholds." Charles H. Spurgeon comments, "(A Happy Christian) believes (God) to be too wise to err and too good to be unkind; he trusts Him where he cannot trace Him, looks up to Him in the darkest hour, and believes that all is well."

Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey, of Robertsdale, is the author of "Don't Miss the Revival! Messages for Revival and Spiritual Awakening from Isaiah.