In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. (Luke
In that hour. It was an hour of great congratulation for the small group of disciples. The seventy had returned with joy. They had tried the power of His Name with demons and disease, and it had triumphed. Our Lord yielded to the gladness of His followers, and gave Himself up to an unusual burst of happiness.
Notice His
habitual way of addressing God. Twice He speaks to Him as Father. Thus in joy,
equally as in the sorrow of Gethsemane and the anguish of death, the fatherhood
of God was the Rock of Ages to the man Christ Jesus, in the cleft of which He
hid Himself. Only Jesus knew what God was and could be to the lonely soul. As
the mountain is reflected in the lake at its foot, so the Father saw Himself
perfectly reflected in Jesus.
Inscribed over
the portico of an Egyptian temple are these words: "I am he that was and
shall be, and no man hath lifted my veil." In this connection it is
significant that when our Savior died, the veil of the temple was torn from top
to bottom. Before that hour the knowledge of God had been confined to the few
elect souls, and to these it came as through a glass darkly; but from that hour
the innermost secret of God's love was disclosed. And that unveiling of the
Father's heart is typical of the work of our Lord for us all.
We must be like
small child though. The ways of God are revealed unto babes. The child is pure;
is humble. It is to the transparent and simple heart that Jesus waits to give
Himself.
We must be
prepared to say yes to God. Our Lord was face to face with one of the great
mysteries of providence; why certain things are hidden from some and revealed
to others; but He rolled the whole perplexity back on the Father, and was at
rest. When in a deaf and dumb school, a visitor wrote on the blackboard:
"Why did God make you deaf and dumb, and me able to speak and hear?"
One of the children took the chalk and wrote beneath: "Even so, Father,
for so it seemed good in Thy sight."
We must pass on
to others what we know. He will not teach us merely for our own gratification,
but that we may benefit others close by.
Have you told someone about Jesus today?
PRAYER
Teach us,
heavenly Father, to pray, to pray in the power of the Holy Spirit. May our
hearts be filled with His deep yearnings, and our lips become the medium by
which He shall find utterance. In Jesus name we ask it, AMEN.
God’s Daily Promise
Promise
#13:
I will give you rest in green pastures and lead you to still
waters.
Psalm 23:2 (WEB)
He
makes me lie down in green pastures.
He
leads me beside still waters.
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