Nov
3
Mystery of the How
Filed Under Devotional
A mystery is a stimulating thing, at times. It can be fun and an exercise to the mind with good feelings resulting when it’s solved. Working through clues to come to a conclusion about an unknown is what drives people to think, deduce, process, and contemplate. What is unknown still controls the vastness of the universe and the mysteries of Creation still top the list. A mystery is a mystery, but some unknowns are dismissed because people just don’t want to go where they lead. They know just enough to realize that whatever the answer is, it will, in all probability, be something they do not want to admit to. So, in effect, they hide behind the mystery.
“to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Colossians 1:27
“A mystery among the Gentiles.” In other words, it’s a mystery to the world how we can have the hope of glory. Yet, the world is such that they resist the hope because to solve the mystery they must change their lives. It is a mystery to me why they won’t at least give it a peek. The truth is, of course, that Jesus is no mystery, but the exact how of Jesus is a real mind-bender. There are a lot of folks hiding behind the mystery of the how.