Psalm 119:130

Psalm 119:130 “The unfolding of Your Words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.”
 

Here is our hope: God gives understanding to the simple. That understanding comes through the unfolding of His Word. God can only reveal to us what we can handle. No person can see God and live. That statement has two meanings. 

If God were to completely show Himself to us in all His glory, before we were ready, it would be our earthly end. God would consume us. Another way to view this, is that no person can see God and live the way they have been. A revelation of God would change our lives forever. Saul had one of those experiences on the road to Damascus. He saw Jesus and it blinded him. However, after he regained his sight, he was never the same again. 

God has to unfold His Word to us. “Like newborn babies, crave spiritual milk” 1 Peter 2:2. Babies cannot handle the full revelation of God’s Word. The meat of the Word is for those who have learned to chew. “Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk to those just taken from the breast? For it is: Do and do, [precept upon precept] do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule, a little here, a little there” Isaiah 28:9-10. The Lord is teaching those who have been weaned from milk. Even then, He is teaching very slowly. It is line upon line, or unfolding upon unfolding. 

We receive revelation according to our capacity to take it in. T. Austin-Sparks once said, “Truth received and not responded to means spiritual declension and loss of capacity.” Our capacity to acquire is determined by our response to the truth we have already received. If God speaks to our hearts concerning some area of obedience, and we do not obey, our capacity to receive further truth will diminish.
 

Now let me encourage you to take some time to meditate on this verse; as you do, think of God’s wonder.  Continued