1 Corinthians 2:9

However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him ~ 1 Corinthians 2:9


Paul has taken these words from Isaiah 64:4, not in direct quote, but most certainly in thought. We have no conceived thought about what is in store for us, not on this earth nor in the heavenly realm. Once we offer our life to the Lord and come into his favour here on earth, we come into a blessedness above what all others find and enjoy. It results from the communication from our soul which is now tapped into the heart of God. Discernments and wisdom are granted to us through his Holy Spirit to sense and to know what others cannot. What God offers his people here on earth is the gospel and its wisdom. Our soul is pardoned from sin, and justified by faith. The world cannot understand the ways of God, but to us who have entered into his presence, it is granted to us. We are free in Christ. We serve a wondrous God, who is all knowing and all seeing. What we cannot understand, God sees clearly and so our faith relies upon him for the answering. Our joy in him is immeasurable, our love for him is incomparable. Once we come into communion with him, our life is transformed in inconceivable ways. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

Pastor Julia

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