One time I read an article in the paper that was so
profound. A fellow had asked his beloved if she would
marry him in an unusual way. He went to the New York
Times crossword puzzle maker and they put his proposal
in the puzzle. At the end of the article, the New York
Times fellow said that usually puzzles are two
dimensional, but this one was 3 dimensions only made for
a few people’s eyes.
This really hit me because this is how God talks to
us. He speaks in so many different levels in our lives,
some obvious, most not obvious unless we have that
special love language built between two who love each
other.
One time I had a dream about someone trying to
understand a mystery. A lady told the person, "If that's
all the notes you keep, you'll never understand it. The
Lord likes lengthy puzzles." When I woke I saw a
vision of puzzle pieces in the sky and heard the Lord
say the word, “Gathering.” Building an understanding of
His personal Word to us requires time and journaling to
gather His Words. That is because the Lord speaks to us
line upon line, precept upon precept and we will forget
if we do not “keep” His Word.
Luke 11:28 NKJV
But He said, "More than that, blessed are those
who hear the word of God and keep it!"
Did you know that In the OT, the Hebrew word for dark
speeches means puzzle? When the Lord spoke about this,
He was saying that there are 2 ways to hear Him speak.
One is directly in clear, plain speech. There is little
mystery about what He means and what is happening. We
all want this direct face to face kind of communion with
the Lord. And when we grow into maturity where we can
be accountable with what we hear, we will have it. The
other way God speaks is indirectly through mystery
puzzle language (dark speech) and that can be a lot of
fun. It is like a game of hide and seek where He is
hiding and we look for Him and suddenly find Him.
Num 12:6-8 KJV
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a
prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known
unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a
dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in
all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth,
even apparently, and not in dark speeches...
Prov 25:2 NKJV
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but
the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Prov 8:17
I love those who love me, and those who seek me
diligently will find me.
God has purposes for speaking to us in puzzle
language. We want the goal, but He wants relationship
in the process. He sets foundations in our lives
through building one piece at a time as He bring us
towards maturity. The whole concept of puzzles is
discovering what parts and pieces say when they are put
together and connected into place. Through this SEEKING
process we learn to lay aside our independence in
understanding God’s gift apart from Him.
1 Cor 13:9-10 NKJV
For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But
when that which is perfect has come, then that which is
in part will be done away.
Isa 28:9-10 NKJV
"Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he
make to understand the message? Those just weaned from
milk? Those just drawn from the breasts? For precept
must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon
line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little."
