The Spirit
That Is From God
Yet
among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a
wisdom of this age of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish.
But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages
for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had,
they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written, “What
no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has
prepared for those who love him” – these things God has revealed to us through
the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For
what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is
within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of
God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is
from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. And we
speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the
Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.
Those
who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are
foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand
them because they are spiritually discerned. Those who are spiritual discern
all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny.
“For who
has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” but we have the mind of
Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:6-16
Apparently
God created us with a “normal” setting that causes us to enjoy the process of
discovery, because finding something is often more exciting than having it.
That is, after all, why we wrap presents.
God
could have revealed all truth to all people at the very beginning of time, but
He chose to reveal Himself gradually. Perhaps that’s because we value things
more when we have to search and wait for them.
God is
not playing a cruel game of hide-and-seek. He is allowing us to enjoy the
process of discovering who He is and what He is up to in the universe.
Don’t be
discouraged over what you don’t know about God. Be excited about unwrapping all
there is yet to discover.
God’s gift of Himself to us is a present we will always be
unwrapping.
Our Daily Bread – December 17, 2008