Revelation part 3
I think it's kind of funny how religious folk always want to talk about God being a mystery. "The Lord works in mysterious ways." And I guess, to some degree, that's true in as much as the Lord works through people, and people are mysterious. But the only real mystery about God (LOVE) is "How could God love someone like me?" And the answer is that it doesn't have anything to do with our actions, and has everything to do with our identity. It has everything to do with God being our heavenly Father and us being His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased. Look at Romans 16:25-26, "Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith." And, of course, the part I want to key in on for this Rant series is "The REVELATION of the mystery." It is now made manifest. The mystery is revealed. Which, by the way, is what the word revelation means. It is number 602 in Strong's Grek Concordance and it means, "disclosure:- appearing, coming, lighten, manifestation, be revealed, revelation." It is an uncovering of that which was hidden. God's "mysterious" ways of love being revealed to us. And in us. And through us. And as us. And I'm not necessarily saying it comes to you in a flash. It can happen like that, to a degree. When I became a father I immediately understood love on a whole different level. But at the same time, it is a never-ending life-long journey into the heart of the matter. Which is the heart. God's heart beating with love in our chests. And, in this case, it is all about the journey. We test the height, and length, and depth, and breadth of God's love for us... by loving each other bigger, and deeper, and stronger than we ever thought we could. We love each other as He loves us. And, in turn, that's how we love God. Love God, and love people. Love God BY loving people. That's what this life is for and that's what this life is all about. That's what God is revealing to us. We are His disciples, right? Disciples of God means students of love. Learning how to love as we learn how we are loved. Filling ourselves to overflowing with what we've already been filled with. Receiving and releasing His love. Letting it in and letting it out with every breath we take and every move we make. Letting God love the hell out of us, and then loving Him back by loving the hell out of the people we come into contact with. Revelation is all about that personal relationship with our heavenly Father. Not only, "Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so." But "Jesus loves me this I know for He has revealed it to me on a intimate, personal level." That's the kind of knowledge we need--not just head knowledge, but heart knowledge. A knowledge that passes knowledge. Knowing and believing that we are loved, and proving it by loving each other with that love. It's not really that mysterious. It's actually pretty simple...