Inspirational
Secret and Serendipity
A secret remains a secret unless purposely revealed. Serendipity, on the other hand, is finding something you never purposely looked for, or never expected.
Secret may be something that only you and your BFF know. Serendipity is like meeting a childhood friend unexpectedly, after many years, in a place far away from where her family moved to.
Both words are important in our study of God’s Word.
“The Lord our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.” (Deuteronomy 29:29 NLT)
God has many secrets—things we could never fathom with our finite mind. Science tries to find out why things are as they are, but they remain a secret and undiscovered. Believers in Jesus take those secrets by faith. “Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.” (Hebrews 11:1)
“Serendipity occurs,” wrote Charles R. Swindoll in his book, Wisdom for the Way, “when something beautiful breaks into the monotonous and the mundane. A serendipitous life is marked by ‘surprisability’ and spontaneity. When we lose our capacity for either, we settle into life’s ruts. We expect little, and we’re seldom disappointed.”
Every time we read God’s book, we find surprises and spontaneous revelations—insight we could never understand on our own.
People have been panicking over the Covid-19 virus that has killed thousands of people. In our Bible study, it was serendipitous to discover that panic is caused by fear of death. After reading John 11:25, “. . .’I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying,’” we asked ourselves, “What is there to panic about?”
May we be content not knowing the secrets about God. But let us enjoy His serendipitous revelations as we read about His grace in His book.
