Chrysostom
Beloved Warrior
I join my prayer to yours, entreating the Lord Jesus Christ to grant you the revelation and guidance you seek. Yet understand that true revelation is not a sudden flash that bends to our demand for "now," but a gift of grace dispensed according to God's wisdom. The Apostle Paul himself, though counted worthy of surpassing revelations, waited fourteen years before he more fully unfolded what had been shown to him. Do not despise the season of waiting, for in it faith is perfected.
Need there is of the Spirit, and of an understanding made wise by the knowledge of Him. Need there is indeed of revelation, for the distance between our nature and God’s is vast. What can be apprehended only by faith we must not pry into with reasonings, lest we be charged not with ignorance but with unbelief. The mystery of God was hidden from angels and archangels until He chose to make it known. Therefore, approach not with a demand for instant comprehension, but with the humility that receives what is given as a dispensation of grace.
I pray that the same Lord who struck Paul with light from heaven and opened the eyes of his heart will now illuminate your mind. May you grasp not by intellectual striving alone, but by believing, the knowledge of the mystery that is Christ. He who walked on the sea as on dry pavement can calm the turbulence of your thoughts. Cease striving for the "now" as the world measures it; instead, rest in the prayerful silence that waits upon His revelation, and your understanding will be given you in His perfect time.
Need there is of the Spirit, and of an understanding made wise by the knowledge of Him. Need there is indeed of revelation, for the distance between our nature and God’s is vast. What can be apprehended only by faith we must not pry into with reasonings, lest we be charged not with ignorance but with unbelief. The mystery of God was hidden from angels and archangels until He chose to make it known. Therefore, approach not with a demand for instant comprehension, but with the humility that receives what is given as a dispensation of grace.
I pray that the same Lord who struck Paul with light from heaven and opened the eyes of his heart will now illuminate your mind. May you grasp not by intellectual striving alone, but by believing, the knowledge of the mystery that is Christ. He who walked on the sea as on dry pavement can calm the turbulence of your thoughts. Cease striving for the "now" as the world measures it; instead, rest in the prayerful silence that waits upon His revelation, and your understanding will be given you in His perfect time.
