A MIRROR DARKLY...

"Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied... Untie it and bring it."
-- Mark 11:2

God sees beyond what we see. He knows depths - both within us and around us - that we do not. He has purposes that we discover little by little. They are revealed daily, layer by layer. The Apostle Paul put it this way:

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; 

then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.   

-- 1 Corinthians 13:12

Frankly, we wish we could see more; know more. We wish... but God knows better. Jesus said:

"Therefore, do not be anxious... But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow..."

-- Matthew 6:31-34 

We often pray to know God's will. But could it be that deep in our hearts we pray such things in order to weigh his will against ours; only to decide if we will choose what he wants for us?

The fact is God has revealed his will. It is that we seek him... that we know him... that we, by his power, live according to what we know. And it is then (and usually only then) that he reveals more. 

And it is not in revealing our future that we find we can trust him. We trust him because he has redeemed us from our past. We trust him because his words are always true. We trust him because there is no lie in his promises. 

He sees what we do not. He knows what we cannot. 

And he will lead us to go places with which we are unfamiliar. He will ask us to do some things that are far outside our comfort. (Think about walking into an unfamiliar village and walking out with the first horse you see!) But even then, Christ has seen the end from the beginning. And we can trust.

God, you see what I don't, I will trust your eyes over mine...

For now...

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