Monday 21 May 2012

Monday Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:6-9

Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 2:9
9  But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

Devotion:
One of the things that the disciples got to learn quite quickly was that the wisdom of this world is nothing compared to the wisdom that God has or that He gives to us through the Holy Spirit. No matter how much we try to learn, take in and live by, we fall very short of the mark when it comes to having any wisdom that can explain what God has done for us.

We are reminded that not even all the book in the world would be able to contain all the descriptions of what Christ has done whilst He walked on earth – so why should we even begin to think that we could in any way learn all that Christ can do for us. The Apostle describes the knowledge and wisdom of the princes and those learned friends of his that were accounted as the great minds at the time. He remembers all the things that he tried to uphold, the laws and the rules that continued to be broken by people all around him – yet he quickly realised that what Christ was doing during His ministry was just the tip of the iceberg as it were. He knew that Christ was so much more than the man he was talking about and that the more that he continued to love Christ, the more that he would in fact learn about Christ through the Holy Spirit.

When we describe our lives as having that “Joy Unspeakable” we are bringing to mind all the wonders that Christ has done for us, all that He has shown us not just physically but spiritually as well. We know that joy because of our faith and trust in Christ. We know it in our hearts because we believe the truth about Christ being the Son of God and because of that belief He continues to allow us to learn more about His life and His ways!

God wants us to be able to live our lives for Him but also to know it in our hearts that He is the one who has made all of this possible – just because He loves us so! It is not the knowledge that we have in our heads that counts but all that wisdom that the Holy Spirit is placing in our hearts that lifts us up when all else around us is failing miserably. It is that deep spiritual knowledge that He has given us that allows us to move forward with Him. We give God the glory because of the awesome and great things that He has done for each one of us!

Points to Ponder:
How many things can you think of that God has done for you?

Do you have faith in God’s promises?