LEARNING DAILY

 

1 Corinthians 2:9-10, But as it was written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed them to us through the Holy Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

 

The apostle Paul borrowed from the writings of Isaiah when writing this letter to the Corinthians. Isaiah wrote this at a time when the people of God had begun the follow false gods and engage in the rituals of the pagan people around them; yet there was a remnant who remained faithful to the Lord. Isaiah wrote to encourage them to continue to look for the coming Messiah and to know that God had many blessings for those who remained in their faith. His encouragement was to wait patiently and confidently for God’s intervention in the events going on around them. Isaiah wanted the faithful remnant to persevere in their faith, hope, love and continue doing good works through Him.

 

Paul used Isaiah’s words to express the same thought to Believers of his day. They hold true for us as well. Through Paul and other writers of the New Testament, God revealed additional insight about Himself, the narrow way we are to walk, the promises of walking with Him and the promises of eternal life with Him in His kingdom. Yet, with all the wisdom we have from His word about Him, there is much about His wisdom and glory that remain hidden and unknown to us by our limited mind.

 

We do know that God has promised wonderful things, things we cannot even imagine, for those who love Him and faithfully follow Him. The Lord Jesus Christ said He was going to prepare a mansion for us. I am not sure I can even imagine what that could be like. The revelation gives us glimpses of what this will be like and those glimpses are wonderful. But, again, this is limited and we must be careful about anything or anyone telling us that we will become equal to God or anything that He has chosen to be a mystery. I guess I am trying to caution again trying to understand God and what He has for us with only human knowledge and understanding.

 

In verse 10, Paul writes that what God has for us (verse 9) can only be understood by revelation through the Holy Spirit. Verse 12 tells us, “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given us.” God’s wisdom cannot be understood with human wisdom’ God’s wisdom must be revealed to humanity in order to be understood and believed by us. This is not some mechanical process. God reveals truth about His Word, His promises, our future with Him through the Holy spirit. On our own, we question the how, the why, the possibility, etc. We must accept all by faith! Every person who is saved and changed by faith is given the Holy Spirit. Through Him we are given the ability to understand spiritual things, things not understood with our natural senses.

 

Our Father in heaven wants His faithful followers to know truth about His Son and what it means to be a part of His family. He wants us to look forward to the blessing that are ours because we are a part of His family. With everything going on in the world right now, allow the Holy Spirit to remind you that we are not of this world. We are living right now as part of the kingdom of God and heaven is our hope, our home.