“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.” (Luke 10:23).
Jesus once sent His disciples on a preaching mission, which turned out to be tremendously successful (Luke 10:17), “I praise you, Father,” Jesus prayed in response, “because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.” In this case, “little children” didn’t refer to age but status. It was humble, everyday “sinners” who responded to the gospel, while “wise and learned” religious leaders ignored it. While God decides who He reveals Himself to, Jesus always explained, more about the kingdom to those who asked. The leaders had missed seeing who Jesus was because they didn’t really want to know.
May we never be so distracted by the world’s chatter, or lacking in humility to seek more understanding, that we miss what God wants to show us about Himself.
Daily Questions
- What first opened your eyes and heart to the gospel?
- How hungry are you to know more of God right now?
Daily Prayer
Father God, please open our eyes to see everything You want us to see about You and the gospel. And let us never forget to always have praise on our lips for all that You do for us each day.
Amen.
Luke 10:21-24
“At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, 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 is what you were pleased to do.'”
“‘All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.'”
“Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, ‘Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.'”
Reflection
Although the word trinity is never used in Scripture, we see clear evidence in Luke 10 of God’s triune nature, “Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit” praises His Father, the “Lord of heaven and earth”. The Son accomplishes the Father’s will by the power of the Spirit. Then Christ speaks of Himself when He says, “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father”. But didn’t the disciples know Him? Jesus is using the word knows in the sense of knowing someone completely and perfectly. Christ knew they were in danger of being distracted by the miracles they’d just performed. So He turned their focus back to what mattered: “your names are written in heaven”. Step by step, He revealed Himself to them. May we also keep our eyes open to see what God wants to reveal to us about Himself.
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