majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Deuteronomy 29:29,
"The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed
belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the
words of this law."
There are things we know and there are things we don't know. In that
God has created all there is from a posture that exists beyond the
limits of time and space, there is undoubtedly much we don't know and
can't know without being told. For me, I know there are some things I
would love to find out and have no way of knowing in this life.
Possibly from the perspective of the resurrection I will gain some
answers to questions I have today that go unanswered here. Beyond
this, I am certain there are all kinds of things I don't know of and I
don't have an inkling about them to raise a question! In other words,
without a doubt, I don't know what it is I don't know. I don't even
know enough to have a question!
But not our God. He knows it all. We call it omniscience. He knows all
there is, he knows the past, he knows even the secret things about us,
he knows the future. From this exalted position he has decided to let
us know some things, things he reveals to us. From this perspective
there are the "secret things" that belong to God and there are the
"things revealed" he has told us of.
We tend to think in terms of prophecy as "future-telling". From a
Scriptural standpoint prophecy is much more that just future-telling.
Prophecy is anything God has to say to us. From the pattern God uses
in Scripture we find that God speaks to a person and that person
passes on what God has to say. We discover that what God has to say is
intentional and purposeful. It is from this understanding of prophecy
that Peter speaks, "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of
Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy
never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as
they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." 2 Peter 1:20-21. Imagine
that! God decides he has something to say and says it though a
spokesman of his choice. He wants us to know some things!
What are the things he wants us to know? From our lost and fallen
condition before him, stumbling around in the darkness of a lost
world, limping along under his judgment, he wants us to know we have a
problem. There is a coming judgement called the lake of fire. He wants
us to know if something doesn't happen, our inevitable future leads to
us being cast into it. But, he also wants us to know of his great love
for us, his mercy and his kindness. He wants us to know that he has
sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to take our punishment for us that we
might have a right standing before him. As Paul quoted Isaiah for the
church in Rome, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good
news!" Romans 10:15.
It is astonishing to me to think that the Creator of all has revealed
things to us! How amazing his words are captured in this book, the
Bible. It sits, right here in front of me! How wonderful he has
communicated to us!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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