Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.
~ Oswald Chambers ~
His disciples didn't understand at the time that this was a fulfillment of prophecy. But after Jesus entered into His glory, they remembered what had happened and realized that these things had been written about Him (John 12:6).
It often happens that after we have listened to an expert discussing a series of events that took place that we say, "So this is what it was all about. I always wondered." We don't always understand everything when it happens, but later on we do.
Jesus' disciples didn't understand much of what He did or said. They found it difficult to grasp who He really was. He died, rose from the dead, ascended to heaven and sent them the Holy Spirit.
One way in which the Holy Spirit works is to explain the truth about Jesus Christ to us. He was still helping Jesus' disciples to work everything out long after Jesus had already left them.
Don't worry if you don't understand everything about God and Jesus at the moment. Accept that the Holy Spirit will explain it all to you one day, and then you will understand the truth. You build up your knowledge of Christ step by step, just like the first disciples. Just keep on reading your Bible regularly - focus on the New Testament. Learn everything you can and trust in the Holy Spirit to lead you to greater depths of understanding and insight. You must accept that God will keep some truths from you until you see Him face to face one day. On earth you must walk in faith and not by sight.
I praise and thank You, Father God, that You will interpret everything for me and explain everything in Your own time. Amen.
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