“but just as it is written,”THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.” For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.”
(1 CORINTHIANS 2:9-14)
God has something to say . . . to the obedient and the disobedient . . . to the powerful and the weak . . . to the self-assured and the insecure . . . to the lost and the saved. There is no circumstance in our lives in which the Lord will not speak to us, and we can be sure that His words are always purposeful.
As Christians, we can be certain that God desires us to comprehend the truth of what He is saying. We can be confident this will happen because of the Holy Spirit?s presence within us and the promise that He will guide us into all truth. (John 16:13) It may take time and effort on our part, but God?s goal is that we will clearly understand what He is communicating.
Another part of His goal is to have His words lead us into conformity to the image of Christ. As we read the Scriptures, He may point out Jesus? compassion toward the Samaritan woman as our example for living, or He may warn us through Jesus? rebuke of Peter not to rely on human understanding. Our part is to respond to His words by aligning our lives with the truth and not resisting.
God also reveals the truths about life in Christ so we can communicate them to others, another aspect of His goal. Jesus spoke only what His Father had taught Him. (John 8:28b) We need to be listening carefully every time God speaks so we know what to say.
God wants us to comprehend the truth, conform to it, and communicate it to others. Is this what you want too?
“God’s Goal In Communicating” by Dr. Charles Stanley appeared in In Touch magazine, March 2004. Copyright ? IN TOUCH MINISTRIES. P.O. Box 7900,? Atlanta, GA 30357. All rights reserved.? ? www.intouch.org. Used with permission.
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