Receiving God's Word like Little Children

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." - Matthew 11:25-27

Do you know someone who is a “know-it-all” – the person who usually doesn’t accept your ideas or plans, but thinks that he knows better and pursues his own way?  That can be frustrating for you, and it may lead you to just stop discussing your thoughts with that person who thinks that he is wiser than you are.

In a way, that’s the kind of situation that Jesus is talking about in these verses.  God, his Father hides his truths of salvation from those who have rejected him and think that they know better.  In their wisdom they regard God’s Word as unimportant for their lives.  They reject God’s plan of salvation through Jesus because it doesn’t make sense to their learned minds.

Jesus warns us not to be “know-it-alls” when it comes to the truth of salvation which God gives us in his Word. Be like little children who hear and believe.  The Word we have is from God; the plan of salvation is revealed to us from “the Lord of heaven and earth.”  Who are we to think that we know better!  We are not so wise to know the way to the Father on our own, and it is impossible for us to find him and please him no matter how learned we strive to be.  So God came to us; the true God in the form of a man – Jesus!  “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”(Acts 4:12)  In the Bible, God has revealed his love for us through Jesus, to make us “wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 3:15).

How greatly God loves us to open up our minds to know him and our hearts to believe in Jesus as our Savior!

Prayer (Psalm 111:1,9,10)
Praise the LORD. 
I will extol the LORD with all my heart.
He provided redemption for his people;
       he ordained his covenant forever—
       holy and awesome is his name.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
       all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
       To him belongs eternal praise.