Revelation 

is nothing if not a chess player

  Consider the scriptures telling us to ponder, if we want to know the truth of all things, if we want revelation. And, consider the chess player, and how he considers on all the moves he might make, and what happens in each case.

  His success depends on how much he thinks, how much he ponders. The game opens to him if he opens his mind.

  So are the wonders of heaven. They open to us if we open our minds.

  The person who would receive personal revelation must practice the same art as the chess player.