Thanks be to God for his inexpressible
gift! 2Co 9:15
As I have
thought about the idea of thanksgiving the last weeks, this verse just kept
coming to mind. Paul says that God's gift is indescribable,
unspeakable
God’s greatest gift is beyond description.The ultimate gift from God is Jesus. Paul was overcome with thanksgiving,
and just did not have words to communicate the revelation that he had.
I have noticed
that many of God’s gifts are described as beyond our ability
to describe or understand.
Php_4:7 And the
peace of God, which
surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in
Christ Jesus.
1Pe_1:8
Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see
him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,
Eph_2:7 so
that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness
toward us in Christ Jesus.
Rom_11:33 Oh,
the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his
judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
Eph 1:6-8 to the praise of his glorious grace, with
which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our
trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us,
in all wisdom and insight
Eph_3:10 so
that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the
rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
Rom 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and
knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable
his ways!
Eph 3:19 and to know the love of Christ that
surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Eph 3:20 Now to him who is able to do far more
abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work
within us,
2Pe 1:4 by which he has granted to us his precious
and very great promises,
These words
show that the gifts of God are more than we can understand.
1Co 2:9 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"—
BUT
1Co 2:10 these things God has revealed to us through
the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
“ that God would give them the spirit of wisdom and of
revelation…“that you may know what is the hope to which
he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the
saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who
believe, according to the working of his great might.” Eph 1:17-19
Paul clearly
expected that God would reveal to them things that were above their human
understanding. These things are only understood by revelation of the spirit.
And, there is
always more to learn and experience, much more. That is the attitude Paul
expressed.
Php 3:14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of
the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
He was always
pressing on, never satisfied with where he was.
Until the very
end of Paul’s life, he never stopped pursuing. His very
last letter which he wrote in prison when he knew that he was about to die, to
be martyred. He wrote to his faithful spiritual son Timothy.
2Ti 4:6-9 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day. Do your best to come to me soon.
But look at what Paul tells him next.
2Ti 4:13 When you come, bring the cloak that I left
with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments.
Why the books and parchments? Because there was more to
learn, more to accomplish.
I also believe that the more we know of the magnificent
gifts of God, the more thankful we will naturally be.
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