April 11, 2026 Devo

When I was in college, I had a Greek professor who was absolutely brilliant. He was one of those no-nonsense kind of teachers who had pretty strict guidelines that we had to follow, and who made us really work to make good grades. Let’s just say I studied four times more for tests in his class than I did in any other class I took.
I remember a few different times when we got into discussions about Greek words or related theology, he would expound in a manner that left those of us in the class spellbound. There were also times when he took off on a topic, and I would just shake my head thinking, “I have no idea what he’s even saying.” Can you imagine me in my first or second year of Greek, giving my professor advice on Greek? Of course not. Why? Because he had spent his LIFE studying the language. He had more knowledge about Greek and how it applied to the Bible in his pinky than I had in my whole body!
This is the point Isaiah is making about God. God is not only our Creator, Lord, and Savior, He is also the sum total of all knowledge and wisdom. He knows what is, what was, and what ought to be. Yet, how often do we feel the need to advise Him? I did this just the other day! As I was walking and praying, I began to pray for a friend of mine. My heart was in the right place, but I forgot who I was talking to. Instead of acknowledging that I am a child who knows NOTHING compared to my Heavenly Father, I shifted into Pastor mode. I started detailing for God how He needed to handle my friend and began to give Him detailed steps He needed to take. I finally caught myself and started laughing and just said, “Here he is, Lord, you know what He needs, and you can take it from here.” I imagined God laughing along with me.
Let’s call out to God. As His Children, He invites us to pray for His mercy, His healing, and His help. But let’s remember who we’re talking to. This isn’t an amateur handler of the universe. This is Almighty God, maker of the heavens and the earth. Feel free to ask for whatever is on your heart. Feel free to lay any need, any burden, and anyone you want before Him. But let’s drop the need to advise God on how to handle things. He doesn’t really need our help. He’s been running the universe for a long, long time. He can handle it from here. That’s God’s Word for you today.