Friday after the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on October 20, 2023 by under
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:9-12 (NKJV)
13:9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
Devotion
In our current state in this world we are like children when it comes to the mysteries of the faith. We understand the faith correctly, but the way a child does. There are questions we don’t know to ask. There are truths we have not conceived of, yet we are not misled. We know enough to be on the right path, but there is so much more that we can’t imagine.
Charismatic gifts, like speaking in tongues, are childish. The public “baby talk” that modern Pentecostals engage in isn’t even the tongues described in the Bible. It’s just the babbling a baby would do. It’s not that they are not Christians, it’s just that such nonsense should be seen for the silliness it is. But we have all had our immature moments as Christians.
In our heavenly perfection we will be mature in our understanding of the faith. Our image of Christ will no longer be from paintings or movies, but we will face Him. Our knowledge of Him will no longer be mediated, but immediate. The mystical union will be brought to its completion. Then we will be content without the things of spiritual childhood.
Prayer: O Almighty and most Merciful God, of Thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech Thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we, being ready, both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that Thou wouldest have done; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
