I Corinthians 13

V.12, We only see a reflection

I have been in the workforce long enough now to know that when a company makes a decision that seems odd to the workforce it is because they have information that we don’t have. They make decisions based upon what they know is going to happen in the future and we are stuck only know what is going to happen in the present. They know when a bankruptcy filing looming in the future, they know when a lay off is coming, and they know when they are going to merge with a company or be bought out. The general workforce has no clue these things are going to happen so the decision we see being made make no since to us. We only see part of the story. In verse 12, Paul tries to explain to the Corinthians that this is the way that life works for us all we only see in part but one day we will see the whole picture.

In Isaiah 55:8-9 it lets us know that our thought process is not like God’s thought process and our ways are not like His ways. God is Holy and Righteous; His thoughts are on a higher level than we can imagine. So, it stands to reason that we are not going to understand everything in this world that happens around us or the decisions that God makes in and around our lives. We can’t see or understand the whole picture we only see the part that is right before us. Although our vision is currently skewed, one day we will also see things in full when we enter eternity with God. Then we will have access to the full picture, and we will gain a greater understanding of who God is and why things where allowed to occur as they did.