Infant Revelations
Why does God choose who He chooses to see and hear?
The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!" He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning. See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing will hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." At that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." Then turning to the disciples, Jesus said to them privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it." - Luke 10:17-24
Jesus mentions the senses of sight and hearing but that isn't really what he is talking about. He's talking about understanding God's will.
The choice to understand God is not ours, but God's according to Jesus. He thanks God for the decision to show these things to infants rather than the wise, the elders and leaders.
Why would God do that?
Wouldn't it have been better to educate the leaders and the wise so more would be able to follow?
He has always chosen the least likely candidates to bear his message to the kings and Pharaohs so that they might save the people in their charge.
The prophets and kings God chose became wise by doing God's work and hearing God's messages.
Once again, we find ourselves between hope and hope in the church calendar, this time between the Ascension when Jesus left them a second time, and Pentecost, when The Holy Spirit or advocate Jesus promised came upon them.
As children of God, we need to remain hopeful, even though, at times, things seem bleak. God doesn't give up on us, so we shouldn't give up on Him.
Sure, it is hard sometimes, maybe even a lot of times, but hope is eternal because God is eternal and we are His.
When we find ourselves between hope and hope, at our low points in life, we need to remember that we are not alone and the Spirit is there for us to lean on.
It is God saying to his children, I hear you and see you. If you choose, you can hear and see me as well.
More to come...