Seize the Moment – Day 184
The Goodness of the Mystery!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Thursday, September 17.
Do you like a good mystery?
I enjoy a good suspenseful mystery novel. One of my favorite story tellers is a Christian author named Ted Dekker. The thing about reading a great author is that you learn their style and start finding the meaning behind the mystery; you can more easily see the insights along the way; and find the small details that seem insignificant at first, but you learn to recognize them as keys to another layer of the story that has not yet been revealed.
The bottom line is that you start looking for the mystery everywhere because you believe the mystery is good!
The Apostle Paul speaks of the mystery of God throughout 1 Corinthians 2. Verse 7 overtly explains, “but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory.”
Though there is much mystery in our lives and in what is happening in the world today and how God can possibly use it all for His purposes and to His glory, let me share with you the greatest mystery of all: you can know personally the ultimate Storyteller! The more you spend time getting to know Jesus Christ and listen over and over again to Him, through His Word, the more your mind and heart are opened to the small details that seems insignificant at first, but we learn are keys to another layer of the story that is still unfolding in us and through us.
Seize the moment and spend time with the great Storyteller. His mystery is good so trust Him with your story, so that every detail points to His Story! To God be the Glory!