淑敏感覺被人忽視。某一天的午餐休息時間，她的主管在每個人的桌上都放了巧克力，唯獨漏掉了她。淑敏十分不解，向朋友抱怨說：「為什麼他獨獨漏掉我？」

後來有人去問主管，他解釋說：「那些巧克力還是好的，但已經放了一段時間。淑敏懷孕了，為了安全起見，我就沒有給她。」他還笑著說：「至於你們其他人就無所謂了……」

這個小插曲成為我們辦公室裡流傳的笑話，但這讓我想到，有時我們也會因自己有限的理解與認知，而誤解上帝的用意。我們甚至可能會認為，自己是受到不公平對待的受害者，忘了上帝總是為我們最大的益處著想，而且祂永遠如此。

以賽亞書55章8-9節提醒我們，雖然我們無法完全理解上帝的心意與作為，但可以確信上帝的意念和道路必定「高過」我們的（9節）。我們的心思往往被私慾左右，但上帝的心意和道路卻是純全、正直、滿有憐憫。因此，就算目前的情況不像我們所期待的，但我們仍可相信上帝會滿足你我真正的需求（1-2節），因祂必以慈愛和誠實信守祂永遠的約（3節）。讓我們趁上帝「相近的時候求告祂」（6節），深知祂永不離棄我們。

Wendy was feeling a little left out. During lunch break, her boss had left chocolates on everyone’s desks—except hers. Puzzled, she lamented to a friend, “Why did he leave me out?”

When asked, their boss explained: “Those chocolates are still good, but they’ve been around for some time. Wendy’s pregnant, so I just wanted to play it extra safe.” Then he laughed. “As for the rest of you . . . .”

The little incident became a running joke in the office, but it got me thinking about how we sometimes misread God’s intentions because of our limited understanding and perception. We may even believe ourselves to be victims of unfair treatment, forgetting that God always has our best interests at heart. Always.

Isaiah 55:8-9 reminds us that while we may not fully understand God’s thoughts and ways, we can be sure that they’re “higher than [our] ways” (v. 9). Ours are often influenced by selfish desires; His are perfect, compassionate, and righteous. So even when things don’t look good for now, we can trust that God will provide what we truly need (vv. 1-2), for He’s loving and faithful to His own everlasting promise (v. 3). Let’s “call on him while he is near” (v. 6), knowing that He’ll never leave us.