“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8–9 (NKJV))

God’s ways are better. The Hebrew word translated as higher in Isaiah 55:9 means exalted, above. God’s ways are exalted because they are better.

And God’s ways have always been better. Right after Adam and Eve first sinned, they realized they were naked and tried to cover themselves with fig leaves. The Bible says that “they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings” (Genesis 3:7 (NKJV)).

Have you ever seen a fig leaf? It’s scratchy. The top of the leaf is rough and sandpaper-like, and the bottom has small stiff hairs. Ouch! Not to mention that it’s a leaf. How secure could their “clothing” have been?

But God. He “made tunics of skin, and clothed them” (Genesis 3:21 (NKJV)). God’s way was better. For one, the “tunics of skin” were softer than the fig leaves. And they were more durable and flexible.

Moreover, those tunics of skin showed Adam and Eve how to cover (atone for) their sin so they could still be in a relationship with God. For sin to be covered, innocent blood must be shed. Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness (Hebrews 9:22). And the sacrifice of that animal pointed to the ultimate sacrifice God would make for us by sending His Son, Jesus, to die for our sins – once and for all (Hebrews 7:26–27, 10:10).

So, spend some time meditating on how God’s ways are better than yours this week. Thank Him for revealing His ways in the Bible so you can know Him. Then be willing to yield your ways to His as you walk by faith with Him.

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