Friday
11-13-15 San Salvador, El Salvador
Scripture
reading: Job 39 - 40 1 Cor 13 - 14
S=Scripture O=Observation A=Application P=Prayer SOAP for
the soul.
S. 1 Cor 13:12-13 All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I
will know everything completely, just as God knows me now. There are three
things that will endure — faith, hope, and love — and the greatest of these is
love. NLT
O. The Apostle Paul had studied
the scrolls of Moses, the historic record of the Israelites, their battles,
their kings, the poetic books, and the prophetic books. He had also
experienced spiritual wonders, a personal encounter with Jesus and even
visiting the 3rd heaven and seeing unimaginable things. Still
he confesses his limited knowledge. It is “partial and incomplete.”
A. How much more do I sense my
incomplete knowledge! I have never seen Jesus or had a peek into the
heavenly realms. Although I have studied the Word for years, I cannot
claim to be an expert in eschatology. Wiser men than I have studied these
things in depth and still arrived at erroneous conclusions. There are
obvious mysteries that will only be revealed over on the other side.
Instead of fretting over dates, symbols and titles of events to come, I prefer
to concentrate on the three things that endure throughout the ages; Faith, Hope
and Love... and I want my specialty to be “Love.”
P. Lord Jesus, we have doctors
that are specialist. They have identified a specific area of needed
expertise and placed it under the microscope to examine its properties and seek
its control. I would like to specialize in Your wonderful “Agape” love...
Your Love with a capital “L”... that Love that gives away its very life for the
benefit of others. I know that I am still in the “partial and incomplete”
stage, but I plead to become immersed in the Love that is described so vividly
in 1 Cor. 13. Amen.
Ralph
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