“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” — Isaiah 55:8-9 (NIV)

Have you ever met someone who thinks they’ve got life completely figured out? (I’m being sarcastic here.) You know the type—the person whose opinion is always “right” and whose experience somehow trumps yours, even if you’re the expert. Yeah… it’s frustrating. But honestly? We’re often that person. We act like our perspective is the ultimate truth, don’t we? In today’s culture, phrases like “live your truth” or “I wouldn’t do that, so why would God?” get tossed around like they’re biblical wisdom. But let me be clear: If you find yourself disagreeing with Scripture, the issue isn’t with God’s Word—it’s with you.

As a youth pastor, I hear it all the time. Students wrestling with hard truths in the Bible, saying things like, “Well, I just don’t feel like God would do that,” or “That doesn’t fit with what culture says is right.” And honestly? Feelings aren’t the standard—God’s Word is. Truth doesn’t shift with trends or emotions. Imagine trying to argue with the Creator of the universe—the One who spoke the cosmos into existence, crafted the human brain, designed ecosystems with insane complexity, and oversees mysteries we haven’t even discovered in the depths of the ocean or the vastness of space. The Sun is 91.9 million miles away from Earth, and God says that’s how much higher His thoughts are than ours. Yet we still think we know better? We’ve been alive for, what—15, 25, maybe 80 years? God’s been around forever. Who really knows best here?

So here’s the challenge: Humble yourself. Stop trying to squeeze God into the mold of your opinions. Submit to the authority of His Word, even when it’s uncomfortable. Trust that His ways—though higher and sometimes beyond your understanding—are infinitely better than yours. God isn’t asking for your agreement; He’s asking for your surrender.