1 Cor. 2:9 -But as it is written: "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him." (21stKJV).
When it comes to our traditions, we act if they are absolute truths in this life for all. We are not open to a different perspective nor do we desire to be open to anything different; exposure does not matter if the perspective is not there…It as if we act like God is man, and He will puts us in harms way, or have do what will destroy us; God is not man!!...Yet, we like to quote the verse above with much verve and pride. It seems to me, we missed the whole point of the verse because we are traditionalist. See tradition is the thing that is done, not how, when, where, or whom; traditionalist requires all these to be unchanged. Why? We do not get it that God is about to take us to a different place, and the first step is to prepare us. God does not just throw us into anything without preparation. Now we do not always like it, and many times we resist because it is not what we want. However, we need to remember, to help you, to support you, to guide you, does not mean, you get what you want or you have to like it. But what is needed, is provided to equip us for the journey and the eventuality of arriving at the destination. We are not open to the new place that stretches us because it is not what we see, or saw for ourselves. For some reason, we do not quite grasp stretching is how we grow. Don’t believe me, ever watch a baby grows in the woman’s belly? Asked her if she has been stretched… We are the creation, not the Creator who knows what is best for us, and what He had in His mind when He fashioned us with love, refined us with grace, and whiten us with His sacrificial blood…hmmmm
God is looking for people who will say what Isaiah said, in this verse and mean it - Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then said I, "Here am I. Send me!" (21stKJV). And although, we quote this verse too, we don’t get it again for it implies you are willing to do something we have not, specifically, it is against our traditionalist mindset, and our heart desires. See Isaiah is not negotiating with God, and telling him, his desires…Foolish us…We cannot receive what God is offering, until we are willing to be exposed to what we haven’t seen, have not heard, and have not entered into our hearts.
It all begins with us being open, and next is the exposure for us; if we are not expose, we cannot grow spiritually toward God’s truth, which is our enlightenment… We choose, we always do.
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