One of my favorite computer games is a hidden picture game involving deep-sea diving to a ship-wreck to recover the Queen of England’s crown which was lost at sea when the ship sank. To find the crown, the player has to find all kinds of hidden objects jumbled up during the wreck in the wrong compartments of the ship and bring them to the surface to salvage them.
Games like this are good for your mind, to keep it sharp, sharpen your memory, and cause you to pay attention to your surroundings.
Hunting for hidden pictures makes my eyes and brain look beyond what I initially see to what is there but hidden. And that is what faith is–looking beyond what can be seen and seeing with our spiritual eyes the hidden things God has in store for us.
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.” I Corinthians 2:9-10
We frequently quote this scripture, “You know, eye hasn’t seen and ear hasn’t heard what God has in store for us,” but we stop short of the real blessing that is included in these two verses. Yes, God is a God of mystery and, yes, we don’t always see or hear or know what God is going to do, but the next verse explains further, “But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit.”
God wants us to see the hidden pictures in our lives. He wants to reveal to us the things He has prepared for us, for those who love Him. When we reach the end of life, we will win the crown of Life that God has in store for all that love Him.
God isn’t hiding things from us; He is revealing them to us.