Ecclesiastes 11:5 (English Standard Version)

 As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

Colossians 1:27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

God chooses what to make known, but not everything because not everything glorifies the Son.

That is a mystery, not everything we choose to do glorifies Jesus even if we hope it does.

It is God that makes the Son known.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Verse 5 is in two parts, trust and understanding. Verse 6 is in two parts, acknowledgement and straight paths.

We want to be right in our understanding but as imperfect people can we trust in the Lord knowing our understanding is imperfect? We want others to trust us because salvation is at risk and our witness has to be true. It is not that we would ever lie or present a misrepresentation of who Jesus is in our lives. As I have said recently, as long as our understanding that is not perfect does not interfere with our relationship, cause harm to another, or interfere with God’s will, God will not offer up instant correction.

Verse 5 and 6 are linked together for our understanding so that trust can be tied directly to acknowledging Him because doing that will remove obstacles to obedience of faith.

2 Corinthians 5:4 For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

This tent Paul refers to is our flesh, a temporary dwelling place as was the wilderness tabernacle. This is not our final home.

For now we are two parts, flesh and spirit, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (Romans 8:4)