Some really important things are being revealed of late. Much phenomenal wisdom is being divulged to all who choose to listen. I understand that the offer of salvation is available to folks – it always has been – but recently, here in our times, the Lord is extending His hand to us in marvelous ways that He hasn’t done before. He knows, as we should, that the time is growing short for mankind. He’s giving us some special tools nowadays with which to fight these battles.

Every day when we roll out of bed, we automatically assume things will go today just as they have every other day in the past. That’s human nature, but what if today something astounding happens? I’m not necessarily talking about the end of the world, although it could happen, but maybe something seemingly simple and of no apparent consequence to the larger events of the world. Maybe this is the day God has decided to open our eyes and our hearts to something profound that has been hidden from us until now.

Considering the notion that people tend to read words in verses without really digging in to what they’re saying, we have to concentrate on a different level to understand the dynamics involved, but the Bible says we have to initiate our own understanding: [ Deuteronomy 4:29]: “But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” and [Matthew 7:7]: “”Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” There are several iterations of the same concept in other places, but in each one the accomplishment of gaining wisdom starts with the (soon-to-be) believer determining to learn. Knock, seek, ask – the Lord needs to know that we are serious about searching for Him. Each action is also promised to have a desired outcome – can you see it? He assures us that our serious search for Him will be heard and His presence revealed.

If you want wisdom, ask for wisdom; if you would like to know God, seek Him in truth. Jesus said [Matthew 5:8]: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God”. Pure in heart means we’re not just looking around for information to win an argument or any other motivation that isn’t up front. We actually have to approach God with an earnest desire to learn who He is and how to honor Him. We need to realize that our entire substance never deserves even His acknowledgement, He doesn’t owe us anything. Our reason for desiring His presence in our lives or even desiring to learn about Him has to be honest and sincere. We have to accept that we are sinful creatures unworthy of His time, we cannot love Him as we are told we must, without knowing who He is, and in order to love Him we must above all else, come to Him with a pure heart – a sincere, heartfelt desire to communicate with Him – not because of who we are, but because of who He is. This experience we call life, even though we get caught up in it and distracted to no end, is all about Jesus Christ and not about us – outside the context that the burden is on us to diligently seek Him. That’s our part, and if we’re serious, we’ll find Him – He promises that.

A big part of seeing God is understanding how to do so, or what it means to “see” Him. If you remember, the Bible says no man can see God and live, and even Moses had to partially hide himself in God’s presence and then he could only see God from behind. So how do we know that even if we are pure at heart, we’ll be able to see Him? Well first of all because Jesus said we would and that in itself is enough, but then there is that death thing…

God has a lot of marvelous methods, supernatural powers that we can experience in ways that we only understand when they overtake us. For instance, we can experience what I call a Spiritual lift – and not understand what just happened except that we liked it. Everyone who has ever meditated on the Lord has probably had those fleeting moments when something wonderful overtakes our senses and leaves us with a fervent desire for more of it, but alas, for our experience here it is but a moment of joy, only a memory. As we search more and more diligently – and always with a pure heart – we seem to enjoy more of these moments and do not realize that these are the times when we are “seeing” God – and without our eyes! I’ve not reached that plateau in my experience (yet) in which this “Spiritual high” is constant, and there may not be any living in the flesh who have done so, but who knows? Maybe Diedrich Bonhoeffer or John the Baptist were there in those last days before their execution – I’d like to think so. Is the sensation we get in our very heart when we see that beautiful wildflower in reality a form of our being allowed to “see” Him? When we are down and heartbroken over losing someone or some beloved pet and suddenly a profound peace of mind takes us and we wonder where that feeling came from, it’s Him telling us He’s there and we can be at peace.

I’ve been writing a lot about the state of the world lately and it’s seriously getting tough to experience. There’s death and destruction on a scale that our edition of mankind has never seen before. Remember – when fear, sorrow, or worry threaten to subdue us and that sudden peace of mind happens, that’s God letting us know He’s in charge of our fate and we can stop worrying. We, after all, have a choice in the matter of trusting Him. Or we can fret and worry…

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK