When we look intently into God’s word, He reveals the hidden truth that we might have missed in our reading. I consider looking intently into His word synonymous with my watching tide pools. Wondrous is beyond us, so it means the Holy Spirit has to open the eyes of our understanding.

I love Psalm 25:14 in the Amplified. It says, “The secret (of the sweet, satisfying companionship) of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its (deep, inner) meaning.”

God’s word is His recorded work for us to explore, ingest, and mature spiritually. John 1:14 says of Jesus’ disciples that He was the living word that dwelt among them. They looked intently and beheld His glory. Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 3:18 bid us to do the same, “…are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”