Pondering

In Luke 2:19 we see that after the shepherds came to see Jesus and told the story of how the angels appeared to them, "Mary treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart".

There are things that God speaks to us, we see and experience that are beyond our understanding. All we can do is ponder them in our hearts. In His time he will bring them to light and give us understanding.

The shepherds told many others the same story and they were amazed. Yet, they didn't treasure them in their hearts. It was a flash in the pan for them. It was something that impacted them for a moment, and then forgotten.

So often when God reveals something new. We get all excited but soon it fades away because we do not store it up in our hearts. We don't let it percolate. We don't let it complete its work. Sometimes as believers we are looking for the new word the new revelation and hop from one to another without allowing it to take root.