Who doesn’t love it when they call someone on the phone and that
person answers? Or call for help and have someone come to aid in person? Although many
have substituted messaging and emails in lieu of phone calls, or more dejectedly, they choose not to reply, we have an assurance that will always stand.
Jeremiah 33:3 pledges, Call
to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do
not know. (NIV).
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| NIV |
This verse, which has become very dear to me over the last three
years, implies that research as we know it, is lacking. It’s incomplete. There
are themes and topics that have not been captured. Untold, unwritten. This is
especially exciting for me (us) as a writer and author. Imagine being able to
enlighten through fresh revelations. Not just fresh, but new.
Dictionary.com gives the meaning of "unsearchable" as not
lending itself to research, hidden. The Oxford dictionary states it as unable to be clearly
understood; inscrutable. Wouldn’t hidden knowledge revealed be the matter of bestselling books? To produce writing that cannot hitherto be found in textbooks or the Internet is ground breaking, revolutionary!
My
last post on this blog (June 17) hinged on the theme of restoration. It stirs
my spirit that Jeremiah 33:3 in the NIV is classified under the
sub-heading Promise of Restoration, and instinctively I feel
the revelations push me into "becoming unordinary" (the title of the June 17 blog. I did not notice the sub-heading in the NIV until I was taking the snapshot.)
The KJV replaces the word tell with
shew, and unsearchable with mighty.
I’m astounded at this show and tell, the mark which writers aspire to. How limitless is the potential of great and mighty and unsearchable things
to write about, to show and tell.
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| KJV |
To whom will Father God give the heads-up of this not-yet-known
intelligence? He uses a myriad of methods. For me, those insights and fresh
material come during times of listening to the Lord when in prayer or ponder. They
come through quiet observation. They come when I’m hungry for more of the
Kingdom. They also come through dreams
and visions (Joel 2:25).
King
Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 1:9. What has been will be again, what has been
done will be done again; here is nothing new under the sun. (NIV). Does this
imply a contradiction?
I think no,
because King Solomon’s is an earth-bound perspective, the natural, and God is
outside of the natural. I believe that the new revelations will align with
Scripture but offer more details, and this will draw men and women to Jesus. Isn’t this the ultimate of the cross?
Therefore I will call unto Him, and call again, and write what He shows me.
How
does the new come to you?
SUSAN HARRIS lives for eternity. Through
spurts of pain she has envisioned Heaven and its grounds and is currently
writing about it. This year she is focused on reading God’s direct words in the
Old Testament on her 1-Minute Prayer page and is finding it transformational. Any is welcome to join.
https://www.facebook.com/1-Minute-Prayer-368981386624849/
2 comments:
Susan, you raise a number of interesting points and stir intrigue. Thanks for catching the difference in the translators' word choices between KJV and NIV in Jer. 33:3. Your applying that to the "show and tell" factors opens up avenues of thought for writers who are Christian. May you continue to receive insights to bless others with God's wisdom (especially through your written work) as you spend time in worship and prayer with Him. ~~+~~
Clever take on the 'Shew'/ don't tell writing mantra! We were just speaking about this, this morning in another writers' site - about how pearls of wisdom emerge in our writing when we trust God and how insight can unintentionally become a beautiful message when passion (for Christ) is the root.
I like this part. It makes me ponder and reminds me about the importance of being still and really listening:
To whom will Father God give the heads-up of this not-yet-known intelligence? He uses a myriad of methods. For me, those insights and fresh material come during times of listening to the Lord when in prayer or ponder. They come through quiet observation...
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