God blows the lid off....
Blog readers will recall my frustration with the world's habit of making "Christian Fortune Cookies" out of God's word. By this I mean that little snippets of wisdom, or a lovely phrase from Scripture, gets cut out of the rest and trotted about. It's put on a potholder, or a bookmark, or a lovely little wall hanging. It's like a little slip of paper in a Fortune Cookie...fun, and intriguing, but not at all the whole story.
A Christian Fortune Cookie that I often hear is this one, from 1 Corinthians 2:9:
"No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him"
I have heard it used in very discouraging situations. We say it to one another as a way of giving up, like, (SIGH!), "Oh well, no ear has heard, no eye has seen, what God is up to." In other words, we console ourselves and each other when we have no earthly idea what God is up to. The problem is this: We take this one bit of Scripture as proof that we are not MEANT to understand.
Now, sadly, most of us do not currently understand God's mysteries. We just don't. However, I believe we are meant to understand more. In fact, God has supernaturally equipped to understand much than our eyes can see or our ears can hear.
Where do I get this preposterous idea? Simple. It's in the very next phrase of the 1 Corinthians 2 verse. You see, verse 10 reads:
"but God has revealed it to us by His Spirit."
It's in the same sentance! But it's the phase that gets edited off the fortune cookie. It's actually the very best part of the Scripture. You see, "revealed" is the Greek word apokalupto which means, "take off the cover, disclose, reveal."
Literally, God blows the lid off Himself, and His mysteries, and discloses them to His followers, through the Holy Spirit. That's the Good News!
The mystery is revealed.
The curtain is ripped.
The veil is lifted.
Don't settle for a Fortune Cookie faith. Ask God, and God Himself, and God alone, what He is doing. Ask what He is doing in your life, in your circumstance, and believe His promise that He will reveal the answers to you by the power of His Holy Spirit. Don't settle for less than what He has promised. He is faithful...and He is more than willing to blow the lid off the secrets for His people.
1 comment:
AMEN! Great entry Martie. We so underestimate the intimate "friendship" God wants with us. Jesus says He reveals to His friends all the things His Father reveals to Him. And we are His friends if we love and obey Him. (John 15) Keep sharing the insights God gives you. Joy
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