667 Man Does Not Understand God’s Good Intentions
Verse 1
People worry and fear the trials of God,
while they’re living in Satan’s snare,
in a dangerous place under Satan’s attack,
yet they remain calm. What’s going on?
Chorus
Man’s faith in God is limited to only the things he can see.
He has no appreciation of God’s love and care for humanity,
but some worry and some fear of God’s trials and chastening,
His judgment, wrath and majesty.
Man has no understanding of God’s good intentions.
Verse 2
The mention of trials makes people feel
that God has ulterior motives.
Some even believe that God’s planning evil,
they’re unaware of what God will bring to bear.
Verse 3
So while crying out submission to God’s
sovereignty and arrangements,
they do all they can to resist and oppose
God’s reign and the plan that God has for them.
Bridge
They believe that they must take care,
so God will not mislead them;
and if they don’t control their own fate,
then all the things they have, God could seize them,
and even their life could be taken away.
Chorus
Man’s faith in God is limited to only the things he can see.
He has no appreciation of God’s love and care for humanity,
but some worry and some fear of God’s trials and chastening,
His judgment, wrath and majesty.
Man has no understanding of God’s good intentions.
Verse 4
Man’s in Satan’s camp but never fears
being abused, captured by Satan.
He says he accepts being saved by God,
but never trusts God or believes he’ll be saved.
Chorus
Man’s faith in God is limited to only the things he can see.
He has no appreciation of God’s love and care for humanity,
but some worry and some fear of God’s trials and chastening,
His judgment, wrath and majesty.
Man has no understanding of God’s good intentions.
Outro
If man can submit like Job to God’s designs
and orchestrations and give his being into God’s hands,
like Job, in the end, he’ll get the blessings of God.
If man can accept and submit to God’s sovereignty,
what is there to lose?
Adapted from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Himself II