ON A NEED TO KNOW BASIS

READING: DEUTERONOMY 29:14-29

Verse 29: “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and our children forever, that we may do all the words of the law.”

“I just don’t understand why God allows these things to happen.” We all have heard that thought expressed. Many of us have, at one time or another, thought it ourselves. Certainly much of our lack of understanding is because we can’t fully grasp the mind of the Lord. We have hope in the promise of the old hymn that says “We will understand it better by and by.” It is also true that there are things which, by His choice, He keeps secret to Himself. The Lord will always have knowledge in which we will not share. Verse 29 above spells out the reality that He had secrets then and we know He has secrets now. However, for anyone who may fell left out or neglected because of divine secrets, there is more. Verse 29 then goes on to add a provision that even reaches us as descendants of those to whom the promise of revelation was made. It tells us that the Lord has established means of revelation that will last forever. We are not deprived because of what is held secret. With those things that have been and will be revealed, the Father is more than generous with blessings that are eternal. That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE

1. What would you believe to be one reason that God holds some things secret?

2. What has the Lord revealed to you that had been secret for you previous to the time of revelation?