Proverbs 25:3

The book of Proverbs gives us insights into so many different areas of life. The book gives us instruction on how to live our lives for God. Here is a proverb that gives us insight about leadership:

Proverbs 25:3 (ESV)

As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,

so the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Sometimes it is not easy being the guy or girl at the top of the ladder. The burdens of the company, the family or the government are weighty on a heart. The above proverb talks about how unsearchable the hearts of leadership can be. We don’t always understand the reasons leaders do what they do, but you have to understand the depth of their heart. Fathers are not always understood by their sons; employees don’t always understand the CEO; players and parents don’t always understand the coach. But, the ultimate is that we, as God’s children, don’t always know what is in God’s ways … His heart is the ultimate unsearchable heart. Understand that God is God, so we shouldn’t be able to understand Him. If we could fit God in our box and understand His heart, wouldn’t He be normal? Who wants a normal God?  The proverb just before the above proverb states:

Proverbs 25:2 (ESV Strong's)

It is the glory of God to conceal things,

but the glory of kings is to search things out.

It is to God’s glory we don’t understand him.   We have to study His Word and we can understand him “better” but not “completely.”   God will give us as wisdom to fear Him and understand Him.  But, we will also never full grasp the depths of the character of God ... do you really want to?  That would put God on the same level as every human being.