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“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but
the glory of kings is to search out a matter.” - Proverbs 25:2
Mysterious Thought
What a mysterious thought, that it is God’s
glory to hide things from view, and we wonder how do those that are kings
search out the hidden things?
Today many ‘preachers‘ and ‘prophets‘
love to ‘reveal’ hidden things of God.
They often come from ‘dreams‘ and ‘visions‘
and missions spring-up from their roots!
Gnostic revelations and mystic thoughts – oh,
and how men run after such ‘ministries’!
Secret Things
Many love to share God’s ‘secret things’
with others, and many others love to receive them.
However: the secret things belong to the
LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and
to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.” - Deuteronomy 29:29
True Revelation
How do kings really search out His hidden
mysteries?
True revelation lies in one realm and one realm,
alone – the word of God.
True revelation lies in the Holy Spirit
inspired, God-breathed scriptures.
Final Revelation
But God’s last and final revelation came through
His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. He was the One appointed heir of all things
through whom also He made the worlds.
Spirit’s Illumination
It is only by Spirit’s illumination of Scripture
that revelation is unfolded.
God may indeed conceal a matter, but the glory
of kings is to search it out – not through dreams, visions and experiences of
man – but via God’s Word: through searching the scriptures daily; through
comparing scripture with scripture – through the illumination of the Holy
Spirit.
The Holy Ghost teaches: “comparing
spiritual things with spiritual.” - 1 Corinthians 2:13
Spirit’ Guidance
Life’s circumstances may indeed be a gateway to
understanding.
Experience also can teach us many things but
they are not an end in itself.
The Spirit of God takes life experience and
combines it with His Word.
The Spirit uses this to teach us the truths that
He would have us learn. It is the Spirit of truth, Who will guide you into all
truth.
Humble Heart
But God wants a heart that is entirely yielded
to His leading and His guidance.
A heart that is totally, utterly and
completely broken and humbled before Him.
A heart that is emptied of self, so that
Christ can rule and be all in all.
It is then that through life’s
circumstances, some of God’s secret things can be revealed.
Trials and Temptations
God reveals patience and other graces through
life’s trials and temptations.
God develops faith in the man or woman that is
thus broken before Him.
James tells us to, “count it all joy when you
fall into various trials.” - James 1:2
Questioning ‘How’
Nights of black temptations and trial give way
to mornings of joyful illumination.
But how do we understand the value of trials if
we know not the word of truth?
And how do we learn that God is working in life
to procure ultimate perfection in us?
How can God use all things together for good if
we do not feed on His manna?
How do I learn to rejoice in my sufferings for
you, if not from Scripture?
Word of God
Paul tells us “In this you greatly rejoice,
though now for a little while, if need be: you have been grieved by
various trials.” - 1 Peter 1:6.
God reveals that faith and spiritual fruit is
perfected through sufferings.
But He also reveals that faith comes by hearing
and hearing by the word of God.
Revelation and Illumination
God combines the revelation in His word and
illumination through His Spirit – to bring to light many hidden truths He
wants you to understand.
The purposes of God’s mysteries are not to
tantalise or to tease us, for like Moses, who was shown the glory of God, we
can only be shown so much: “thou canst not see my face. for shall
no man see me, and live.” - Exodus 33:20
A Glass Darkly
Yet more and more mysterious revelation from God
was unfolded within scripture, until God Himself in the form of Man, showed His
face, shrouded in servant-hood.
But the day is coming when we shall see Him as
He is.
The day is fast approaching when we will know as
we are known – but until then we see through a glass darkly.
Yet in the power of the Holy Spirit we have the
mind of Christ.
Wisdom and Glory
“O the depth of the riches both of the
wisdom and knowledge of God – how unsearchable are His judgments, and
His ways past finding out!” - Romans 11:33
“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but
the glory of kings is to search out a matter.” - Proverbs 25:2
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