Spiritual Understanding

From: CareLines: Volume 3

By: Paul J. Pascoe

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Duration: 1min

John 13:7

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NOVEMBER 19

What I do thou knowest not now: but thou shalt know hereafter.

John 13:7⁷Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. (John 13:7)

Peter didn’t understand why the Lord was washing his feet. He was teaching His disciples a spiritual lesson - not a physical one - and without the Spirit inside them they couldn’t understand. In a practical sense we often do not understand what the Lord is trying to teach us through a trial of some kind. But if we spend time in His presence in prayer - afterwards we’ll understand, and there will be blessing from it.

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