The Deep Things

"The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God." 1 Corinthians 2:10 (NIV)

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I assumed the deep things of God were reserved for a select few, scholars and mystics, never for someone as ordinary as me.

So I stayed content with the shallow end, and called it humility.

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But You do not ration the depths by credentials.

You search the deep things and hand them to whoever will sit still long enough to receive them, the professor and the widow, the theologian and the child, equally.

I have sat with a single verse and found You leading me somewhere I had no training to reach on my own.

I called it insight.

It was You, searching depths I could never have found by study alone, and letting me come along.

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Forgive me for believing the depths were not meant for someone like me.

You do not require credentials.

You require only willingness to go where You lead.

Spirit who searches the depths, take me somewhere in Him I could not reach alone.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for depths not reserved for the credentialed few.

Thank You for taking an ordinary heart somewhere extraordinary.

Search the deep things of God in me today. Amen.

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