Luke 10:21-24
In that same hour Jesus rejoiced and
gloried in the Holy Spirit and said, I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, that You have concealed these things [relating to salvation] from the
wise and understanding and learned, and revealed them to babes (the childish,
unskilled, and untaught). Yes, Father, for such was Your gracious will and
choice and good pleasure. 22 All things have been given over into My power 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 may choose to reveal and make Him
known. 23 Then turning to His disciples, He said privately, Blessed
(happy, to be envied) are those whose eyes see what you see! 24 For I tell you
that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see and they did not see
it, and to hear what you hear and they did not hear it.
Food for thought!
Then turning to His disciples, He said privately!
This is an interesting detail about Jesus. Today's gospel reports that "turning to His disciples, Jesus said privately" that they're blessed: "Blessed are those whose eyes see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see and they did not see it, and to hear what you hear and they did not hear it."
Jesus is making a revelation, that being a Christian is not a given; it is a gift. "No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." Our blessing consists in the fact that we were chosen by Jesus to know his Father; what you and I know about God is a revelation.
Every time we come to church, every time we turn to prayer, we're in a private moment with Jesus. And as you know from your experience, there are things Jesus tells us in private that he doesn't want everybody else to know; there are things Jesus tells each one of us in private; he has customized solutions to each one of us; he never gives a one-fits-all solution.
We do well to find time for privacy with Jesus, time for him to reveal to us our own blessings. And whatever Jesus tells you in private is not for public consumption; learn therefore to keep your private revelation private.
There are much we are that we do not know; things about us that only the Lord can tell us; things for our own private consumption. There are problems whose answer only Jesus can tell us. Just as there are things about the Father that only Jesus knows, things that only Jesus can tell us, as he said: "All things have been given over into My power 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 may choose to reveal and make Him known."
Food for thought!
Then turning to His disciples, He said privately!
This is an interesting detail about Jesus. Today's gospel reports that "turning to His disciples, Jesus said privately" that they're blessed: "Blessed are those whose eyes see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see and they did not see it, and to hear what you hear and they did not hear it."
Jesus is making a revelation, that being a Christian is not a given; it is a gift. "No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." Our blessing consists in the fact that we were chosen by Jesus to know his Father; what you and I know about God is a revelation.
Every time we come to church, every time we turn to prayer, we're in a private moment with Jesus. And as you know from your experience, there are things Jesus tells us in private that he doesn't want everybody else to know; there are things Jesus tells each one of us in private; he has customized solutions to each one of us; he never gives a one-fits-all solution.
We do well to find time for privacy with Jesus, time for him to reveal to us our own blessings. And whatever Jesus tells you in private is not for public consumption; learn therefore to keep your private revelation private.
There are much we are that we do not know; things about us that only the Lord can tell us; things for our own private consumption. There are problems whose answer only Jesus can tell us. Just as there are things about the Father that only Jesus knows, things that only Jesus can tell us, as he said: "All things have been given over into My power 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 may choose to reveal and make Him known."
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