I have to constantly remind myself that the Bible is a condensed book. What I mean is, I’m prone to forget the fact that there is often a time lapse between events recorded. And of these intervals, many times, we are told nothing. That leaves us, more or less, “to read between the lines.” Meaning simply, read what is implied but not expressed on the surface.
To site just one illustration of this would be the eighteen silent years in Jesus’ life. I’m speaking of that period from being a boy of twelve till a man of thirty. From other scriptures we can assume He regularly attended the Synagogue, learned the carpenter trade, and was an obedient child. But we are not told all the little everyday things that transpired in His life, as well as any crisis events.
This is a very important truth for us to grasp. If we do not, we will try to live “condensed lives.” We’ll try to squeeze everything into one main event, leaving out all the incidentals of life that are so important and necessary. The unimportant is as important to God as the important. Many times, those things never recorded or known of a person’s life tell more about that individual than the highlights.
Life is made up of a lot of insignificant ingredients; leave out just one of them, and it losses its rare taste.
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