August 6 - 1 Corinthians 2:6 - 3:4 - “That’s Inconceivable!”

My Mom has this great snapshot of me and my older sister. We’re in our pajamas, lying on our stomachs with our knees bent, our fuzzy slippers dangling in the air. We’re watching TV. We might have been watching Dick Tracy or the Jetsons on a Saturday morning. Tracy could speak face to face with his Chief through his ‘two-way wrist radio.’ George Jetson could communicate via videophone. And Marilyn and I could only lay there and imagine what it would be like to actually have a wireless telephone with pictures. Wouldn’t it have been shocking if Mom scooted down between us and handed us an iPhone 4G with Skype!? Crazy! Amazing!

Paul says God is doing far more shocking things among us. In verses 9 and 10 of chapter 2 he writes, “no mind has conceived … but God has revealed …” Maybe cartoon creators and sci-fi writers can conceive of inventions decades before their production, but there are some things no mind can conceive. Those things can only be revealed. They have their source in the mind of God, and only He can produce them. And for whom? “…For those who love Him.” Isn’t that awesome? What ‘no eye has seen’ WILL be seen by the lovers of God. What ‘no ear has heard,’ what ‘no mind has conceived,’ these will be given to His loving children.

No one could have imagined that God would come in the flesh; that God in Christ would offer up His life for the life of the world. Who anticipated that the Father, at the request of the Son, would send the Spirit to live IN US? No one! It was inconceivable, but God determined and made it to be so. And Jesus said, “You will do greater things…” Really?! But … that’s ... that's ... inconceivable! (And that word means what I think it means.)

Yes, it is. But you have the Spirit of God. And you have the mind of Christ. So, love the Father – and come to understand what He has audaciously prepared for you.

Pray: Lord, reveal to us by your Spirit the truths and wonders of your divine plan. Empower us to speak spiritual words that captivate other's imaginations and renew their minds. Help us to remain confident that you are doing supremely amazing things in us, even in this moment.