I have a weakness for obscure and uncommon words. I recently came across one of these in Isaiah 40:28, where the prophet says of God, "His understanding is inscrutable."

"Inscrutable" isn't a word we commonly use today, but it's one that fits God and His understanding well. It can be defined as "cryptic," "impossible to fathom," or "incomprehensible." Isn't this the perfect description of our awesome and infinite God? Our fallible and finite minds can't grasp His wonder and power. God is alien to us, totally foreign, unlike anything else we can relate Him to. This is exactly what Isaiah says a few chapters later. I always think of the book of Job, where Job and his friends spend chapter upon chapter upon chapter arguing the nature of God - only to have God appear at the end to tell them that none of them understand Him!

Thankfully, God has chosen to reveal something of Himself in the Bible. If you want to know about Him, read what He has written via inspired men. Don't guess at what He wants; that way lies folly. Don't think that because you like or don't like something, He will feel the same way; God isn't like you. Learn more about Him through His revelation in Scripture, and then do what He commands.