God Speaks in Puzzle Language

One time I read an article in the paper that was so profound. A fellow had asked his beloved if she would marry him in an unusual way. He went to the New York Times crossword puzzle maker and they put his proposal in the puzzle. At the end of the article, the New York Times fellow said that usually puzzles are two dimensional, but this one was 3 dimensions only made for a few people’s eyes.

This really hit me because this is how God talks to us. He speaks in so many different levels in our lives, some obvious, most not obvious unless we have that special love language built between two who love each other.

WHAT IS PUZZLE LANGUAGE?

When God speaks to us, He uses many methods and means, they can be anything from a dream or vision to a quickened billboard or title in an advertisement and hundreds of other means. When we “hear” His Word through these unusual means, they must be quickened or revealed.

Each piece that He brings through this puzzle language it is like building a spiritual picture or road map one piece at a time. As we ponder the pieces that are quickened to us, we suddenly realize they fit together. Each time He brings us a piece, the overall picture becomes more and more clear.

One time I had a dream about someone trying to understand a mystery. A lady told the person, “If that’s all the notes you keep, you’ll never understand it. The Lord likes lengthy puzzles.” When I woke I saw a vision of puzzle pieces in the sky and heard the Lord say the word, “Gathering.” Building an understanding of His personal Word to us requires time and journaling to gather His Words. That is because the Lord speaks to us line upon line, precept upon precept and we will forget if we do not “keep” His Word.

Luke 11:28 NKJV

But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

Did you know that In the OT, the Hebrew word for dark speeches means puzzle? When the Lord spoke about this, He was saying that there are 2 ways to hear Him speak. One is directly in clear, plain speech. There is little mystery about what He means and what is happening. We all want this direct face to face kind of communion with the Lord. And when we grow into maturity where we can be accountable with what we hear, we will have it. The other way God speaks is indirectly through mystery puzzle language (dark speech) and that can be a lot of fun. It is like a game of hide and seek where He is hiding and we look for Him and suddenly find Him.

Num 12:6-8 KJV

And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches…

Prov 25:2 NKJV

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

Prov 8:17

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.

God has purposes for speaking to us in puzzle language. We want the goal, but He wants relationship in the process. He sets foundations in our lives through building one piece at a time as He bring us towards maturity. The whole concept of puzzles is discovering what parts and pieces say when they are put together and connected into place. Through this SEEKING process we learn to lay aside our independence in understanding God’s gift apart from Him.

1 Cor 13:9-10 NKJV

For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

Isa 28:9-10 NKJV

“Whom will he teach knowledge? And whom will he make to understand the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just drawn from the breasts? For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept, Line upon line, line upon line, Here a little, there a little.”