God moves in a mysterious way

Reading the account of Balaam and the donkey, how God used and unusual and unexpected means to communicate with people, my mind went to this hymn I sang (though without knowing the meaning) in my early school days, over three decades now. "God moves in a mysterious way "

Deep in unfathomable mines of never ending skill small miracles enrich our lives and prayers are answered.

Was looking for this hymn today, Im so glad I was able to be encouraged that the bud may be bitter but the flower will be sweet, let us do they difficult stuff to bring life , blessings and thanks

The Holy Spirit ministered this Hymn to me this morning as an assurance of answered prayers and a consequence of unfathomable mysteries unveiled in God's consistent plans. I now enjoy the ability to function in a depth of insight suspending natural protocols cheaply looking at life through the eyes of this outstanding Hymn.

This hymn reflects our struggles as Christians Often faced with different temptations and persecutions every step of the way. I'm weak but JESUS is Strong, helpless and frail as human but I look up to HIM, I surrender to HIS unfailing skills and HIS sovereign will... Amen.

Great comment L Coddington

Reading AWPink the nature of God in his chapter on the faithfulness of God the lines from verses 3and 4 appear and one ponders on the amazing blessings that break after great overhanging darkness

The wise men found Jesus because they wanted to find Him to worship Him. They probably traveled 1500 miles by camel & faced many dangers to be brought before king Herod (who had a reputation for cruelty) They came from the east .. Persia. They knew the prophesy & the star led them. We too can find him. He's not very far from any one of us. A prayer away.

Today this hymn dropped in my spirit while praying , goggling and going thru each verse ministered to me as if I have never heard it.

Every verse powerful. Then concluding about how unbelief can blind us……. Ha.

Thanks be to God for this ministration never to be forgotten.

William Cowper was a tortured soul at an early age on several fronts: All five of William‘s older siblings died in infancy. Then, when he was six, his mother passed away while giving birth to his younger brother, John. He was teased and taunted at school. His father (and uncle) vetoed his choice of a bride because she was William’s cousin. And his father forced him to study law, which was not really what he wanted to do.

When he learned that he would have to pass his bar exam before the House of Lords in Parliament, it sent him into a downward spiral depression. Later, struggling with ongoing depression, Cowper was confined to an insane asylum.

One day, William was strolling in the asylum’s garden and noticed a Bible that someone had left on a bench. Picking it up, he opened it and began to read of Christ’s atoning work on his behalf. This discovery led to his surrendering himself to God. Cowper was well known across Britain for his poetry… and for his hymn writing. … and even in these songs, his agony is revealed. Perhaps his best known hymn, “God moves in a mysterious way, ” also hints at his struggles to cope with life. For example, in this hymn he says:

“Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;

The clouds ye so much dread, are big with mercy…”. It’s almost as if he was talking to and trying to convince himself of this very truth. Cowper was also good friends with “Amazing Grace’s” hymn writer John Newton, who strived on occasion to prevent William from ending his life. Together, they partnered to produce a volume of their own hymns called the ‘Olney Hymns’, named after the town where they lived. The deep struggles and travails of these tarnished and defective men, have been a great blessing to us who follow as they wrote down their thoughts and prayed to God.

L. Codington

I am always inspired by this Hymn and it keeps very strong in faith