When Your Ignorance Is God's Bliss

At the crux of the matter is time. You have a sin nature. As Adam’s offspring, you tend toward sin before holiness. Therefore, you have to be taught to live holy, and God has to inform you of your purpose because you are not born knowing it.

Satan—because you can’t live your life as if he doesn’t exist—tempts your sin nature, a.k.a. flesh knowing that any moment of flesh gratification is time wasted. He uses your innate sin nature as his weapon of mass distraction. He understands that time wasted is God-ordained purpose unfilled.

But the good news is that there is no temptation that is uncommon to Man according to 1 Corinthians 10:13. In other words, Satan cannot create a temptation in your mind. He cannot make you into a drug user of his own volition, for example. He can only really tempt you with that that your senses have gleaned before—that that he knows has gratified your flesh before. This also means that you don’t miss what you’ve never had.

When is your ignorance God’s bliss? When you know nothing of alcohol consumption. When you know nothing of drug use. When you maintain your virtue until marriage.

Remember, at the heart of the matter is time, and your existence in the earth is terminal. God is elated in that your life undistracted by the flesh-gratifying temptations of this world increases the likelihood of you fulfilling your divine purpose in the advancement of His kingdom in the earth.

Not Only Does God Not Author Confusion, but He Resolves It

"God is not the author of confusion", a phrase from 1 Corinthians 14:33, is often quoted among Christians but not wholly understood. You can't blame them really. The language only speaks to what God does NOT do; it does not talk to what He will do in your moment disorientation. And such is how Christians normally speak, acknowledging in a moment of confusion that at least they can't blame God for it.

But the confusion yet remains. And therein is problem with believing this phrase as written. In Paul's defense, there was a context in which this phrase was written such that it made sense to refer to God in the "non-negative" as opposed to the positive. But, in truth, what you should really glean from this phrase is that God actually resolves your confusion.

I view this truth as yet another comforting revelation concerning my relationship with God—an endorsement really imploring me to discuss every facet of my life with Him. He is my provider; He is my present help; He is my fortress; He is my confusion resolver. Yes, Amen!

Don’t sell yourself short. Give God a chance to give His wisdom and situation awareness to make you victorious in all circumstances of your life.