February 8 – Knowing the Deep Things of God

“But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,  nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.”   2 Corinthians 2:9-10  (ESV)

The Christian life is an experience of learning truths of great eternal value.  We can learn from this verse the promise that God has prepared things for us, His children.  But no one has seen them or heard of them so how do we know what they are because they are even beyond our ability to imagine.   There is no way for us to know what God wants us to know except in the way that He has planned for us to learn it.  God has prepared great lessons for us to learn as we live our Christian lives and He has also planned how we can learn these lessons.  That's why He has given us His Holy Spirit to teach us.  Our verse calls these truth the deep things of God.  Let's be sure that we leave ourselves open to learn what the Holy Spirit wants to teach us in our experiences each day, even today.  

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April 3 – He Takes Up Our Cause

“I called on your name, O Lord, from the depths of the pit;” Lamentations 3:55 (ESV)

“You came near when I called on you; you said, ‘Do not fear!’ “You have taken up my cause, O Lord; you have redeemed my life.” Lamentations 3:57-58 (ESV)

One of the prophets in the Old Testament was Jeremiah. He was faithful in delivering  the messages God gave to him to give to His people. Jeremiah suffered much for people who didn't want to hear these messages. They hated hearing the warnings against them.  After God's judgment fell on the City of Jerusalem, Jeremiah expressed his feeling in the book of Lamentations. These verses from that book are selected for us today. When once Jeremiah was thrown into a cistern and sank into the mud at the bottom he did not forget God. And God had not forgotten Jeremiah either. He heard the prophet call out to Him and He acted to save him.  This is just one example of how our God watches over His people, even if we are not sinking into an actual pit as Jeremiah did. It might just be a pit of discouragement or of depression or emotional difficulty. He will take up your case when you call on him because He has redeemed your life and He has promised to never desert you and He has promised to carry you when you need Him to.