152. Revelation Belongs to Us
Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
There are many mysterious things that we cannot understand, and we will not understand until we die, are changed in the resurrection, and live with God in heaven. We have many questions, many of which will only be answered in eternity. Or we may simply ask the Lord when we get there.
Meanwhile, although it may be fun to speculate about the things we can’t know now, it is dangerous to speculate about the things that God has kept secret, the things that belong to the Lord. We should be especially wary of building our faith or our life on speculations about the mysteries we can’t understand.
It is enough for lifelong learning to pay attention to the things that are revealed: these things belong to us. We will never exhaust all the revelations that God has given to us in the Bible. It is “these things revealed” that God has given to us. This is the pro0mise. And they are received by us from the teaching of the Spirit, who brings new things and old out of the storehouse. We avail ourselves of this promise when we read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest the Holy Scriptures. The revealed things always edify, strengthen, and encourage us. They are for us and our children, that is, for all the people of God.
A further part of this promise of the revealed Word is that we will begin to actually do and keep the Ten Words of the Law. By faith we have kept the Law in Christ, and the Spirit works in us to do the words of this law better and better. Sanctification is an ongoing process of God’s working. Good works arise out of a heart where the Spirit lives and works through the reading and hearing of the revealed Word. Get in the Word and trust the promises.