When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Keep secret what the seven thunders said, and do not write it down."
(Revelation 10:4 NLT)
We think we are in control based upon our experiences and our ability to manipulate situations so they are favorable to us but have you ever stopped to wonder who causes us to see or if we are seeing the whole picture? How is it that we supposedly know so much yet the expanse of our lifetime is so short compared to all of creation? No, God is God and He has provided enough so that we might know we are not the center of “our universe” as it is so popular to say but instead a tiny but important part in God’s master plan. One day His supremacy will be revealed to all but until such time He asks for faith, for without faith it is impossible to please God.
And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to Him must believe that God exists and that He rewards those who sincerely seek Him.
(Hebrews 11:6 NLT)
Faith bridges the gap between what we call reality and the ocean depths below our little lifeboat that goes unnoticed by most. For there is so much more God has in store for us than this physical, temporary body our eternal spirits live in but without believing in God we cannot know it. Revelation was given to John to correct, direct, encourage, and ultimately prepare those who seek God’s will in their lives yet many things were left untold so that our faith may increase. It is relationship with God that brings about discovery of the ocean below us so to speak. While so many are content to master their little ship where can they go when the storms come but if we know the Master of the wind and the water we have nothing to fear, perfect love casts out all fear!
On judgment day many will say to Me, 'Lord! Lord! We prophesied in Your name and cast out demons in Your name and performed many miracles in Your name.' But I will reply, 'I never knew you. Get away from Me, you who break God's laws.'
(Matthew 7:22-23 NLT)
In the end it does not matter what we have done or what we have mastered, only that we have relationship with God’s Son who was sent here to show us how to live. Notice Jesus did not mention what lacked in their laundry list but said the reason why they could not enter was because they did not have a relationship with Him. In having relationship we learn how to listen and obey, we don’t do what we think God wants us to do but instead are led by His Holy Spirit and this is the only way we can know the things yet to be seen.
