When You Can’t See What God Is Doing | 1 Corinthians 2:6-9

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Our text today is 1 Corinthians 2:6-9.

One of the hardest parts of following God isn’t obedience. And it isn’t sacrifice. It’s the waiting in the dark—the moments when you can’t see what God is doing, and it feels like nothing’s happening.

Paul speaks right into that tension.

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him.” — 1 Corinthians 2:6–9

Paul is pulling back the curtain a little: God wasn’t just working in Jesus’ crucifixion—He was working in a way no one could see, no one could predict, and no one could imagine.

That’s what makes this passage so powerful:

God often does His greatest work in ways you can’t see.

While the rulers mocked Jesus…
While the crowds jeered…
While Rome felt victorious…
God was quietly overturning death, sin, hell, and history.

That’s what Paul means by “hidden wisdom.”
God was doing more in that moment than anyone realized.

And the same is true in your story.

You might feel stuck.
You might feel overlooked.
You might feel like nothing is changing.
You might feel like your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling.

But God’s wisdom doesn’t operate on your visibility.
His plan isn’t powered by your ability to track it.
He is working in places you can’t yet see.

When you can’t see what God is doing, you can still trust what God is preparing.

And what He’s preparing is bigger, deeper, and more intentional than anything you could design.

He’s not late.
He’s not absent.
He’s not inactive.

He’s simply working in ways you can’t see yet.

DO THIS:

Take two minutes today with your hands open—literally. Say, “God, I trust You even when I can’t see what You’re doing.” Let the posture preach to your heart.

ASK THIS:

1. Where does it feel like God is doing “nothing” right now?
2. How has God surprised you with unseen work in the past?
3. What would trusting God’s hidden wisdom look like today?

PRAY THIS:

Father, when I can’t see what You’re doing, steady my heart. Help me trust Your hidden wisdom and rest in what You’re preparing. Amen.

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