Weekly Devotional

Not Seen or Heard 

I don’t really remember what I was doing. I think I was around 10 years old at the time, but “1 Corinthians 2:9” just popped in my head. Not the actual verse, but where to look it up. 

My ability to recite scripture is a bit lacking. I was the kind of child in Sunday school when asked for a “memory” verse would blurt out, “Jesus wept” (John 11:35). I was always terrified that someone would say it first. I thought I had cracked the code. I have an easy go-to verse. Actually, I would forget where it was located, but knew it was in the New Testament.  Now that I am older, I know there is a lot to unpack in that verse.

So, what was I going to do with this new verse? How did I even know it was a real verse? Why would it just pop into my head? I was just curious enough to go look it up.

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”  
1 Corinthians 2:9 (KJV)

Something about it resonated with me. Not sure why at the time, but I knew I needed it somehow. If you are older than one minute, then you know things happen. Those things can be good or bad. They could be something that seems that it will be impossible to ever recover. Conversely, it could be something of extreme joy. The verse to me meant that whatever happens, I can have hope. Whatever happens, I know I can trust a God that has prepared a way for me. It reminds me that I will always have a future. What it looks like, I will just have to find out. 

Have I always trusted this verse? No. Do I approach every situation knowing that God has plans for me? No. The verse is “nudge from above”. A gift that I have relied on, and I left it to gather dust.  When it does “pop back” into my head, I have a comfort that I would not otherwise have.