by David Scott Robertson
“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” 1 Corinthians 2:9 NKJV
Do you love God?
If so, then you have some great things to look forward to.
You are destined to see things you have not seen,
And hear things you have not heard,
And experience things that have never entered your mind in your wildest dreams!
The verse above talks about hidden “things” which God has prepared for those who love Him.
Since God Himself is preparing them,
We can have full assurance and confidence that these things are good things,
Perfect things,
Unimaginably wonderful things.
The mystery of these things might even be called “the deep things of God.”
So, are we destined to remain in the dark until these things be revealed?
Do we have to wait until we get to heaven to discover the wonder of it all?
Or do we, in fact, get glimpses of God’s glory like Moses did hidden in the cleft of the rock? (Exodus 33:22).
“But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:10.
Who is more qualified to talk about the deep things of God than the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit, exclusively, is:
The Third Person of the Trinity…
The One who operates in perfect unity within the Godhead…
The One who totally knows the mind of Christ…
The One who absolutely understands the perfect will of the Father…
The One who was there and actively involved in the creation of the universe…
The One who was there and actively involved in the creation of the first man, Adam…
The One who was there and actively involved in forming you and I in our mother’s womb…
Consider the deep things of God:
1. It is God’s will for you to have been born.
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
“Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:12-13 KJV).
2. It is God’s will for you to have been born again
(2 Pet 3:9 KJV) The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
3. It is God’s will for you to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit to empower your life for service
(Acts 1:8 NIV) But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
4. It is God’s will for you to know the deep things of God.
(Jer 33:3 NIV) 'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'
So, when life’s circumstances force you to…
…search for the meaning of your suffering…
…search for understanding into your complex situation…
…search for knowledge of what your next move should be…
…search for insight into the trial…
…search for comprehension of the apparent paradoxes of life…
…search for an awareness of God’s will for your life…
…search for a perception of how to obtain a maximum impact life…
When you are in a “search mode” concerning the deep things of God,
I want to encourage you to spend time talking to the Holy Spirit of God --
For it pleased the Father to delegate revelation and illumination and inspiration to Him.
The Holy Spirit will lead and guide you into all truth
(John 16:13 KJV) Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
(John 16:14 KJV) He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.
And you will discover truth to be a Person (John 14:6).
(John 14:6 KJV) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
(John 14:7 KJV) If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
And you will recognize that all truth flows out of and empties into Jesus Christ:
“In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3 KJV).
And you will come to know by experience the mystery of the ages:
(Col 1:26 KJV) Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
(Col 1:27 KJV) To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Yes, many of the deep things of God can be known.
Not all of them, but some of them.
(1 Cor 13:9 NIV) For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
(1 Cor 13:10 NIV) but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.
But God encourages us to search out the deep things:
(Prov 25:2 KJV) It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
I recommend to you that as you search out a the deep things of God
That you invite the Holy Spirit to be your Guide on this exciting adventure of exploration.
DSR
12/28/01