‘We have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
1 corinthians 2:12
Here is a second thing to know about a life put together with God at the centre: “‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him’— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit” (2:9-10).
God makes Himself known in two ways. The first is very public. God sent His Son into the world to make the Father known. The second is very private. God sends His Spirit into your heart and begins to open your mind to the truth.
How else could you come to know God? Paul says, “Who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person?” Your spirit knows you. God’s Spirit knows God. If God’s Spirit were in you, you would know God.
Paul is not saying that we know everything about God. “Who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?’ But we have the mind of Christ.” A window has opened in which we can begin to think God’s thoughts after Him and put our life together in a way that reflects the thinking of Jesus Christ.
How are you going to put your life together? Choose your wisdom carefully.
