That We May Understand What God Has Freely Given Us

1 Corinthians 2: 11 "We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us."

      Dearest Lord..."that we may understand"!  You are such a good and gracious God!  You are not a god who is "out there somewhere",  and does not care.  You created everything here on earth for us when You created the world, and created them to be a blessing and joy for us to enjoy.  Sin has done its work with poisonous critters, plants, and insects, scorching heat and subzero cold, and horrible  weather disasters; but for the most part the world is amazing, very beautiful and "what God has freely given us."  That is just the physical element of creation. Thank You, Lord!
      The spiritual element is greater and the unsaved world knows it not.  Your blood bought children understand now about Your grace, mercy, justice, propitiation, atonement,sanctification, justification, prayer, revival, repentance, salvation, and heaven!  We understand now that You control history and set up leaders and take them down.  You have shown us the course of human history will take  revealing what the future holds long before it happens.  We now can understand why purity, holiness, justice, love, grace and mercy are so important for ourselves and in how we treat others.
      Lord, You could have left us in the dark, but You didn't.  You WANT us to understand You and what You have freely given to us.  This fact is amazing and will take my lifetime to fully grasp!  All I can do is to praise and thank You for Your love for me and for saving me, adopting me into Your family by a document written in Your blood.  Hallelujah!  What a Savior!