Second Guessing

Sunday we went to eat at Esteban's after morning services, and I did not get home in time to see the hit on Matt Schaub's knee. But he was surely hobbling around as he tried to play through the pain. He was obviously not able to all his strength into his throws. That fact cost the Texans dearly, as Schaub threw an interception rather than completing a pass to a wide-open Vonta Leach, just before halftime.

I found myself second-guessing the head coach, Gary Kubiak, for leaving his injured QB in, and not putting in the backup, Sage Rosenfels. My perceptions of seemed to be confirmed when Rosenfels started the second half and led the team on a nice scoring drive in their first possession.

However, near the end of the game, with a chance to tie the score, Rosenfels threw up on the unwise pass that resulted in an interception that essentially iced the game for Minnesota.

I said all that to point out that we, all too often, love to second-guess God, supposing that we know better. We want to dismiss some directive that seems to clash with society or "apparent" mitigating circumstance.

But the fact is that we don't know nearly enough to replace God's wisdom with our own. It is not in man to direct his own steps (Jeremiah 10:23).

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