Join Me On the Journey

I have a phrase that has been throbbing in my heart the last several weeks…deeper life.

I’m not sure what it means.

I only know that I want more of God.

I want to know Him more. I want to learn His likes and dislikes. I want to grow closer; to be more intimate; to discover what He thinks about.

But, how do I do that?

When I was a younger Christian, I was taught that you can’t really know what God’s going to do. After all,

“Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” I Cor. 2:9 (KJV)

I don’t know about you, but I have heard that verse quoted often. However, do you realize that’s a quote from an Old Testament scripture? It’s a quote from Isaiah 64:4 which says:

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. Isa 64:4 (KJV)

Old Testament believers did not have the benefit of being indwelt by the Holy Spirit. Paul goes on to say in I Corinthians that you can know the things of God because His Spirit dwells in you and reveals Him to you.

but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. I Cor. 2:10 (NIV)

In the beginning of this chapter, Paul begins by reminding the Corinthians that when he first visited, he did not use “wise and persuasive speeches” but spoke to them simply and plainly. He concentrated on Jesus Christ and His death on the cross. In verse five, he tells us why:

I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of God. (NLT)

But then in verse six, he shifts his focus and writes to mature Christians.  He talks to them of “the hidden wisdom” of God.

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom…No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. I Cor. 2:7a, 11-12 (NLT)

What an incredible thought! You can know God’s deep secrets because His Spirit resides in your heart along with your spirit.  The Holy Spirit talks with your spirit and you need only learn His voice to have the deep things of God revealed to you.

It requires quiet.  It requires peace.  It requires diligence to listen and understand.

Won’t you journey with me as we discover how to listen to God’s Spirit?

God Bless You on Your Journey

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