In three and four, what i noticed was it preparing us for hard work. Many if not all of us have probably had an experience where we really needed a Word from God and we prayed and begged him to speak to us and then opened up our Bibles at random and it seemed to fall open to exactly the kind of verse we needed in that moment. And that's God meeting us in our weakness and immaturity with His grace and understanding. But He doesn't plan for that to be the usual pattern of our interaction with Him. He's not a cosmic slot machine, to treat Him as such is unloving and demeaning. He is our Father. God delights in our regularly seeking Him through prayer and teaching and community and most importantly, in His Word. In our pursuit of Wisdom, which is the revelation of God, which is Christ. It's work, good work, rewarding work, lifelong work. Work He does with us and in us.
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