‘It looks like I’m going to have to let go of what I expected and enter a mystery.’ – Eugene Peterson
There is a desirable clarity in an expected life.
Black and white.
Easy to measure and manage.
But the life of faith lets go of the seemingly certain, and clings to the Rock that is higher than I (Ps 62:2). The life of faith is entering a mystery.
In this mystery we see a God whose voice strips the forest bare, but also speaks tenderly to His people (Ps 29:9, Hosea 2:14). We see a God who is good, and does good, and can even turn evil for His good purpose (Ps 119:68, Gen 50:20). We experience God – not as distant, but One who dwells in the heart of all believers through faith (Eph 3:17).
Lord, let us be people who walk by faith into the mystery. Deeper into the beauty of Your heart, and deeper into the brokenness of the world. Thank You that you have chosen to reveal Yourself at all. Let us cling to You, not our expectations, in Christ name, amen.
Entering the mystery,
AB