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Not Yet Revealed
1 John 3:2

God has motive! His thoughts are working to give you a future and a hope (Jer. 29:11). All things work for the good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose (Rom. 8:28). We see only the beginning; God sees the end from the beginning. We spell the alphabet - alpha, beta, gamma. . . But from alpha to omega, God reads all at once. He knows every letter in the Book of Providence. He sees not only what He is doing, but also the final results.

God sees your present pain and grief. He also sees the future joy and the usefulness that will come from this affliction. He observes not only the plow tearing the soil, but also a golden harvest clothing that soil. He sees the consequences of affliction and knows that it will lead to much blessed happiness.

"Beloved, now are we the children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be" (1 John 3:2). You never see the Great Artist's masterpiece. You only see the rough marble and mark the chips that fall to the ground. You have felt the edge of His chisel; you know the weight of His hammer. If you could see the glorious image as it will be when He has put the finishing blow to it, you would better understand the chisel, the hammer and the Artist.