Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! (Romans 11:33 NAS95)
The text of Romans 11:33 is a conclusion to what Paul had previously wrote. After he had expounded the doctrines of Salvation, justification, predestination, and other eschatological issues, its as if he is overwhelmed with the majesty of it all.
This is an appropriate response to the glories of Christ. It is indeed humbling to contemplate the divine attributes along with the condescension of Christ. I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene, and wonder how He could love me, a sinner condemned unclean wrote Charles Gabriel as he contemplate his salvation.
All too often days are filled with the affairs of this life to the neglect of divine contemplation and prayer. That will surely lead to spiritual stagnation. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God (Romans 10:17). There are no shortcuts!
Let Paul be the example to follow:
I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. (Philippians 3:8-11 NAS95) [Emphasis Added]
Beloved, Seek first the Kingdom of God.
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