“No Eye Has Seen, No Ear Has Heard, And No Mind Has Imagined What God Has Prepared For Those Who Love Him”

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“No Eye Has Seen, No Ear Has Heard,
And No Mind Has Imagined
What God Has Prepared For Those Who Love Him”

“God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, …”

Scripture

1 Corinthians 2

⁹ That is what the Scriptures mean when they say,
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
    and no mind has imagined
what God has prepared
    for those who love him.”

Observation

The Apostle Paul is letting us know that even though we don’t know all of the wonderful things that the Lord has in store for us we do have the mind of Christ and God’s Holy Spirit gives us (those who are believers in Christ) spiritual insight that the rest of the world does not have.

¹⁰ But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. ¹¹ No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit.

 ¹² And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.

¹⁶ For,
“Who can know the Lord’s thoughts?
    Who knows enough to teach him?”

But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:12,16

By the Apostle Paul’s own admission he was not much to look at and he admitted to the Corinthians that he was not powerful, eloquent or a flashy speaker. (1 Cor. 2:1-5)

But what the Apostle Paul did have was the Power of God’s Holy Spirit working in and through him and that is what you and I need today.

You and I need to rely on the Power of the Holy Spirit.

Application

I will not depend on my own strength today. I will rely on God’s Holy Spirit.

“God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him,
    for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.” Matthew 5:3

Prayer

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.
 
Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. 

This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.  

So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.  

He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding. 

Ephesians 1:1-8

Daily Bible Reading:  Deuteronomy 32,33,34; 1 Corinthians 2

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