Friday 1 January 2016

Secret things

The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. – Deuteronomy 29.29

We love to know, don’t we? As we enter a fresh new year wouldn’t it be great to have it all sussed and to know exactly what was going to happen? Would’t it be great to not be caught of guard and be able to prepare for whatever is coming? Would it be wonderful to know why stuff happens?

I am not so sure. If I had known what last July was going to bring it would have made for a pretty miserable first half of the year. I am glad God doesn’t let us know everything.

The same truth applies to spiritual things. There are things, the secret things of God, that we are not going to know and God is wise enough to not let us know what we don’t need to know.

The wonderful thing is that we don’t have to know everything because God gives us all we need in order to obey His word. God gives us His word and His word is ours forever. We can trust Him to take care of everything else.

God is not going to reveal it all to us, we couldn’t handle it if He did. But He does reveal all we need to do His words in 2016. Let’s just do it.

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