In theory, all genuine believers agree God knows best. How could he not? He
made man from the dust of the earth. He
knows us inside and out. Everything we encounter in life is the direct product of interaction with
a system God created and which he
actively maintains. The New Testament even tells us that we have
a sympathetic advocate in the Lord Jesus, one who understands what it feels like to encounter
temptation. Right and wrong are not mere abstractions to him; he knows the practical and emotional cost of choosing the good, every single time.
Of course he knows best. Who could possibly argue?
And yet, when the will of God is revealed to us, almost
everyone at one time or another has a ‘better’ suggestion to offer. Our bright ideas
do not all spring from exactly the same motives, but they are inferior all the
same, sometimes appallingly so.