Riding the Waves

“I have much more to say to you, more than you can now hear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth…All that belongs to the Father in mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.” John 16:12, 15

When our children were young there were essential truths and principles that Bruce and I taught them. The key to these life lessons was directly associated with the age and experience appropriateness of our children. There was no need in sharing the wisdom we attained through our first failed marriages until there was a need for wisdom and understanding for our daughter as she was battling marital issues of her own. The lessons learned from having children will be of little value to my daughter, Caroline who is a 20 year old college student. The wisdom of handling grief would be inappropriate to someone who hasn’t experienced the death of a loved one.

Such is the same with the Holy Spirit as He passes along the mind and knowledge of Christ Jesus. There is an ocean of wisdom regarding the mind of Christ but we ascertain this wisdom much like the waves. One wave of experience swells and rolls exposing itself creating it own personality and character for learning. It swells to its highest point at which it finally starts losing power only to creep out of our lives as quietly as it crept in. In each experience we relate to its drenching powers and salty taste taking from it the characteristics of that experience alone. It is during the ride of that wave that the Holy Spirit lifts truths and principles for our lives from the mind of God. God determines when we are ready to receive more wisdom from Him and the Holy Spirit provides the vessel.

‘There must be a certain progress in learning before advanced truths can be received. The Lord never overwhelmed His disciples with teaching. He gave it to them “line upon line, precept upon precept.” Believer’s Bible Commentary.

…wave by wave.