"The secret things belong unto the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever, that we may do all of the words of this law."
I was reading in Deuteronomy this morning and this verse excited my imagination. Does it surprise you that God has secrets? We cannot know everything that God knows. Maybe when we get to heaven those secrets will be revealed, but as long as we live in the flesh, we will not know God's secrets. God is infinite and we are finite; therefore, His thoughts are far above ours. In Isaiah 55:8-9, God plainly stated this through His prophet: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." He kind of puts us in our intellectual place here. A lot of people have given up on God because His ways and thoughts are so far above them. They cannot understand the concept of an all-knowing, all-powerful, ever-present God, so they dismiss Him. But the Psalmist does not let us off the hook. We cannot use our ignorance of God as an excuse not to follow and obey Him. Why? Because God has revealed enough of Himself to us that we can understand. He has revealed Himself through nature. Psalm 19:1: "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament (skies) shows His handywork." Romans 1:20: "For the invisible things of HIm from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse." We have the Bible, God's written word, that reveals enough about God that we can understand that He loves us and wants to be involved in our lives. Here again, people dismiss the Bible out of hand, either because they do not understand it, or just do not want to live like it tells us to. Above all, God has revealed Himself to us through His Son - Jesus. Hebrews 1:1-3: "In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times, and in various ways, but in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the majesty in heaven." It is amazing that a God who is so far above us came to live among us in order to save us from sin and self. On this side of glory, we will never know all that God knows, but He has revealed enough that we can know Him. Don't worry about God's secrets, just embrace what He has revealed. Bro. Joe
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