8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written,
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him”—
10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), 1 Co 2:8–10.
Abba,
The mystery of heaven is this: That You would send Your own Son, Jesus, to die the death He did for the likes of us. That You would come near to make Your home with us.
We know You did. We even know Your love compelled You. But WHY You love us so, WHY You would do this, HOW You can be so good and so glorious, THIS is the mystery to us.
The facts we know. To a degree, we even understand as You reveal Yourself to us. And yet, the mystery lingers. Our minds and hearts cannot reconcile WHY, truly WHY You do as You do.
No eyes has seen…
No ear has heard…
No heart has imagined…
The mystery, depth, and wonder of Your plan.
In fact, your plan appears as foolishness to our flesh. Only Your Spirit makes sense of it. Only Your Spirit awakens the majestic glory of it and causes our hearts to stand in awe and wonder at the mystery of Your wisdom and will.
So…failing to grasp it all, we simply, humbly acknowledge with thankfulness the reality of You, standing like a child in awe of the mystery that You are for us. We delight in it!
The mystery of heaven then is this: That You would equip and use such dishonorable vessels such as us to make Your pure and priceless name known.
That You would work Your perfect will through such imperfect means.
That You would use the profane to work holiness.
The mystery of heaven is this: That Your wisdom and will confounds the wise, shames the sage, and elevates that which sin made low.
The mystery of heaven is The King of All coming as a helpless babe.
The mystery of heaven is The Innocent of Eternity bearing the guilt of all created man.
The mystery of heaven is the Exalted One condescending to us.
The mystery of heaven is the Almighty declaring His victory in weakness.
The mystery, the wonder, the majesty is not only revealed by but is also defined by Eternal God wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.
The coming near of the King of Kings, the revealing of Your person to us, the unveiling of Yourself to us IS the grand mystery. By it, we come to know you more deeply. By it, the mystery You are wrapped in, becomes deeper, more intriguing, more alluring.
The mystery of heaven floods from Your being known. The more known You are, the more mystery is revealed. The more mystery that is revealed, the more we are drawn to You in intimacy.
The mystery of heaven, the wonder of wonders is that You even desired to be near, so near to Your created things; that You came near and desire to remain near.
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has comprehended…
The deep mystery of You.
Yet, with every revealed aspect of Yourself, we know You better and long for You more.
Wonder of wonders, mystery of mystery…we stand in awe of You!
A Singular Passion 