Jesus answered and said, ’I thank You, Father . . . that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes’ —Matthew 11:25
I am amazed by the knowledge of young ones, even babes. My two-year old great grand-child can find and play her favorite game on my phone. My eight-year old grand son daily says things that amaze me.
So it is with great truths, they come to us not by study but in a way we would never expect.
I know by obedience.
I don’t learn the truths of God by study or scholarship. I learn them through obedience. Once I obey, a flash of light comes immediately. If you obey God in the first thing He shows you, then He instantly opens up the next truth to you. You could read volumes on the work of the Holy Spirit, when five minutes of total, uncompromising obedience would make things as clear as sunlight. Don’t say, “I suppose I will understand these things someday!” You can understand them now. And it is not study that brings understanding to you, but obedience. Even the smallest bit of obedience opens heaven, and the deepest truths of God immediately become yours. Yet God will never reveal more truth about Himself to you, until you have obeyed what you know already.
What truth requires your obedience today?
Nick
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