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| What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard… |
| —1 Corinthians 2:9a |
Do you like mysteries? I do—as long as the solution to the mystery is revealed at the end of the story. I don’t like mysteries that leave me hanging without a nice wrapped-up ending.
I delight in reading mystery novels. I greatly enjoy police procedural television programs. Both of these appeal to my sense of justice. You see, in the end, I want the good guys to win and I want to see the bad guys punished. I don’t at all like mysteries that remain unsolved.
In real life, not all mysteries become revealed. I have a mental list of several events in my life that remain a bit of a mystery because I’ve never come to fully understand what happened in the particular situation.
The Christian life and its beliefs have more than a little mystery to them. That’s why some people just can’t seem to understand and accept the truth of Christianity.
God is the One who chooses to whom He will unfold the mysteries of faith and the mysteries of His mercy, grace, and love. In fact, if you are able to comprehend the basic tenets of Christianity—and by faith believe them—that’s because the Holy Spirit has revealed these truths to you. Simply left to one’s own ability, it is truly impossible to comprehend, and more so to apprehend, the truth of the relationship between God and the humans He has created.
Notice the explanation the Apostle Paul gives in 1 Corinthians 2:9-10:
However, as it is written:
“What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”—the things God has prepared for those who love him— these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
Yes, God chooses to reveal even the deep things about Himself to those He has chosen to belong to Himself through the power of the Holy Spirit. Of course, after the initial revelation, God then reveals more and more about Himself to His children over time. And, even then, much about God will always remain hidden from us this side of heaven.
We should greet this day with thankful hearts that God has chosen to reveal Himself to us by the Holy Spirit. This act of kindness on God’s part is yet one more assurance of how very much He loves us.
Based on a blog originally posted on Thursday, December 3, 2015
