Proclamation:
“However, as it is written: ‘What
no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no mind has conceived’ the
things God has prepared for those who love Him. These are the things God has revealed to us by
The Holy Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (NIV)
Explanation:
This quotation by the Apostle
Paul in a letter to the believers in Corinth was taken from the prophet Isaiah.
(Isaiah 64:4) These words are often incorrectly thought to
refer to the wonders of heaven which we will receive after death but they
actually refer to the human wisdom regarding God that He has prepared for
believers on earth. (Corinthians 2:1-5 and 2:13)
Application:
Things may be rough for us now but we should hang
on in there because better days are coming.
As we go through life here on earth, God intervenes and acts on our
behalf, guides, directs, protects, and blesses those of us who believe and wait
on Him. Waiting upon The Lord shows our
love for Him. Our faith, hope, and love
of God is not all about the things which will come to us later, a "pie in the
sky" mentality. We love Him for who
He is and what He has done. Because He
loves us, He blesses us. He has blessed
us in the past, far too many to count, He is blessing us now, and He will bless
us in the future. There are some
blessings which will be given to us in the "here and now" if we just
wait upon The Lord. Some things and
blessings we want that we don’t have now because we didn’t ask God for them, or
because they were totally inappropriate. (James 4:2-3) Whatever believers ask for in the name of
Jesus will be granted, if it gives God glory. (John 13-14) If we ask, in His name, we will receive it
and we will be full of joy. (John 16:24)
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