The Lord proclaims
He is above, over and controlling all things.
He formed us from the womb, He alone created all things, stretched out
the heavens and the earth, determines the building and habitation of Jerusalem,
brings forth rivers and dries them up, forms light and darkness, makes well
being and creates calamity. For these
reasons He should be feared and worshipped, He alone does these things. In addition to that, He is using Cyrus, the
Persian king, even though this king doesn't know Him. He is providing all Cyrus needs to do what he
thinks is his own will but is actually the Lord's will. Is the Lord hiding Himself from Cyrus or
revealing Himself in these things?
Surely coincidence would not be enough to explain all this, there must
be another explanation but will the king seek and accept the explanation? One way or another, willingly or not, the
Lord's will is accomplished in all things.
A wonderful passage on the sovereignty, omniscience and omnipotence of
God.
Did Jesus teach in
parables to hide the truth? Is that what
He meant when He said, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God,
but for those outside everything is in parables, so that “they may indeed see
but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand, lest they should turn
and be forgiven.” Why didn't they ask
Him the meaning of the parable? They had
an opportunity but didn't want to know.
The parable seems simple, where is the truth hidden? It is not propositional but must be inferred
from the story. Is our desire to know
truth or not? If so, then we should
hunger and thirst for the word of God, we should be like Jesus, living by every
word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
The problem is we aren't always hungry for His truth, we are too busy
with other things too occupied, like Martha, to give ourselves to Him. The soil of the soul needs more attention.
What do we allow
into our lives and our hearts? There is
a children's song that warns, "Be careful little eyes (ears) what you see
(hear)." There is a great truth in
that ditty. We have so many things
through movies, TV and worst of all, the internet, which assault us and are
available to us and we have to make choices what to allow in, we aren't forced
to take in those images. What we allow
to come into our lives matters, it influences us, it isn't benign. Part of the work of preparation of the soil
of the soul is protecting it from weeds, clearing away the stones, keeping out
predators. It is the work we are given
to do, sanctification matters and is a synergistic process of our effort and
the Holy Spirit working in us. What are
we allowing our eyes to see and our ears to hear? Again, as a man thinks in his heart, so is
he.
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