Trying to fit God into our human way of thinking doesn't work. It's like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. It doesn't work. God is not limited to our time budget, to our thoughts or our ways.
Reading the book of Job shows you how one man sought to ask questions of God with answers that boggled his mind and understanding, and he finally had to come to this conclusion:
Job 42:1-6
1 Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
2 I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no thought can be withholden from thee.
3 Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? t
herefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
Job realized in all his questioning, and searching of God, that there are many questions and things that he couldn't understand, and too wonderful for him to know.
In all our human reasoning, thought processes, and searches, we will NEVER truly understand God, because He is the creator, and we are the created.
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Job 42:5 "but now mine eye seeth thee" - this is what it takes - ultimately it boils down to FAITH. I believe he was saying, I see you now God with eyes of faith. I may not understand you, or comprehend your greatness, but I see you now with eyes of faith.
It does us all well to ponder the greatness of God, and remember the insignificance of our flesh. Puts things into perspective, and makes the tough questions you ask easier by just learning trust, and not have to know and understand it all, but just to have faith... as did Job.
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