Contemplative Bible Reading

1 Corinthians 2:12 (New Living Translation)

And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.

Here is one of the reasons God gives us His Spirit: so we can know the wonderful things he has given us. In a sense, the gift of the Holy Spirit is a meta-gift, i.e., a gift about a gift. That gift helps us to notice all the other gifts. That sort of goes around in a circle or something like that.

Lesson for me (a believer who sometimes struggles to believe): Not noticing God’s gifts today? Push the world’s spirit out of the way and let God’s Spirit take over.

Please God, help me with my unbelief.