On the Road to Pentecost: The Holy Spirit Reveals the Deep things of God

 

Bequia in the distance, St. Vincent & The Grenadines

Let us read 1 Corinthians 2:9-13, as it is written,

“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him (Isaiah 64:4) but God has revealed it to us by His Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught us by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.”

This passage of Scripture clearly tells us, that it is indeed the Holy Spirit who reveals the inconceivable, unimaginable things that God has prepared for the individual believer who loves Him. Conversely, those same things remain hidden from and are actually foolishness to those who have not yet believed – they are still in a natural state of being (see 1 Corinthians 2:14).

As believers, we receive the indwelling of God’s Holy Spirit and through His working in us, we are enabled to receive understanding of spiritual truth. We must, however, put away our own wisdom and, by faith, yield completely to His Spirit; only then will we receive the wisdom of God (see 1 Corinthians 3:18).

We first come to God mired in our carnal nature – formless, empty and blind to the deep things of God (see Genesis 1:1, 2). Then, the Spirit begins to move in us (see Genesis 1:2), working to bring about our spiritual understanding and transformation (see Romans 12:2), and the darkness starts to give way to the light (see Genesis 1:3, 4). In the light, as the Spirit’s revelation unfolds before us, we recognize the insufficiency of our own interpretation of the things of God. 

The Holy Spirit is the Revealer of the deep things of God and is the Interpreter of His revelation. So, as we take our daily walk on the road to Pentecost, let us empty ourselves and depend entirely upon Spirit’s revelation and interpretation, He will give us the power to understand and discern what He reveals.

Amen †

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shelley Johnson “On the Road to Pentecost: The Holy Spirit Reveals the Deep things of God” ©2013 revisited May 17, 2025