The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Isaiah 64:4,
"Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him."
Paul quoted this verse in speaking of God's wisdom some seven centuries later in 1 Corinthians 2:9, "We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God's wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
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.'"
Our God is unique. He does unexpected things, as Isaiah points out in verse 3, "For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you." He is inscrutable and unpredictable in his own purposes. He does things that are mysterious, and not readily understood.
Because our God is enigmatic, there are those things which are simply fascinating to muse upon. Consider John's observation, "Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." 1 John 3:2. Because we know that God "acts on behalf of those who wait for him", what he has in store for us for all eternity is beyond our wildest imagination!
I'm sure you can think of other things to muse upon considering the inscrutability of God and his passion for us!
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him."
Paul quoted this verse in speaking of God's wisdom some seven centuries later in 1 Corinthians 2:9, "We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we declare God's wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
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.'"
Our God is unique. He does unexpected things, as Isaiah points out in verse 3, "For when you did awesome things that we did not expect, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you." He is inscrutable and unpredictable in his own purposes. He does things that are mysterious, and not readily understood.
Because our God is enigmatic, there are those things which are simply fascinating to muse upon. Consider John's observation, "Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." 1 John 3:2. Because we know that God "acts on behalf of those who wait for him", what he has in store for us for all eternity is beyond our wildest imagination!
I'm sure you can think of other things to muse upon considering the inscrutability of God and his passion for us!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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