Fear No Fear

“But God has revealed them to us by His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man, except the spirit of man which is in him? Likewise, no one knows the things of God, except the Spirit of God” (1 Corinthians 2:10-11, MEV). God loves us enough to teach us what He is saying. We hear Him. We know His voice. But it does us little good if what we are hearing is so far beyond our understanding that it might as well be advanced calculus to a kindergartener. There would be no point to Him speaking, really. Right? God doesn’t leave things to chance. God doesn’t waste His time. God speaks to us. Constantly. And God has the tools in place to teach us what He means when He speaks. One tool is the Word. We’re to pray according to the Word, right? It is only natural that God speaks to us with His Word. Prayer is a conversation. He quotes it to us and we quote it to Him. The power is in His Word. It gets released when we speak according to it (not what we think it means or by twisting it to our means, but what it actually says – that takes study). But what if we don’t understand the Word? What if we’re not good at studying it? That’s one of the reasons we have Holy Spirit living inside us. He speaks to us and reveals the meaning of the Word to us in ways we understand. “But when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own authority. But He will speak whatever He hears, and He will tell you things that are to come” (John 16:13, MEV). Jesus let us know that was one of the ministries of Holy Spirit. He wrote the bible. He knows what it means. He will teach us what it means. His commentary is INVALUABLE. But it doesn’t just happen. We need to seek Him. We need to be speaking to God, talking about His Word, seeking to understand it. We live in an age where study is easier than ever. There are commentaries online and in apps. There are places we can look up the meanings of specific words in Hebrew and Greek. There are many places we can go to read or hear teaching on the Word. We can learn about context. Who qualifies for what promises. There is SO MUCH to learn. And it is at our fingertips. Literally. If we are seeking Him and studying what we are trying to understand, His words to us suddenly make sense. He’ll speak to us. Explain to us what Jesus was saying. Explain to us what the Word means. He is a great guide, a great teacher, a great corrector, and a great Father. He doesn’t want to throw words at us and hope we figure it out. He wants us to love it enough to want to know what He is saying. He wants us to understand Him. The Word is transformative. We need to understand it, though, if we are going to apply it. If we are going to let it work in us. If we are going to get into alignment with it. Listening to Him is very important. Seeking to understand Him is just as important.