We played the flute for you, but you did not dance.
We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.
The world cannot hear the music to which we dance.
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit (see John 3:8).
We are an enigma to the world, or should be, because the world can't see where we're headed. Our end is eternity and we only make sense when that is taken into consideration. This is why the world can't understand why we sometimes fast and sometimes feast. They look to find the rationale here below. But when we fast we fast to draw near to God and when we feast we feast to draw near to him as well. It is not this world primarily that dictates our actions.
The world can only understand the gifts for their own sake. But we learn that even the gifts only make sense in light of eternity. They only find their purpose in the greater purpose of divine love.
Love never fails.
If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing;
if tongues, they will cease;
if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.
Even our knowledge is partial. We know that eye has not seen nor ear heard what God has prepared for those who love him (see First Corinthians 2:). The important thing is know our destination and our path. Our destination is heaven. Our path is love. Knowing these two will ensure that we are not lost.
At present I know partially;
then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.
So faith, hope, love remain, these three;
but the greatest of these is love.
If we truly know the end for which we are made we have great cause for rejoicing. May the LORD more fully reveal that truth to our hearts.
For upright is the word of the LORD,
and all his works are trustworthy.
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