Revealed To Little Children

Luke 10.21

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 was your good pleasure."

I love being around kids. This past Monday, after we had prayed with the nursery school staff, Kevin and I went into the 4 year old classroom and drew pictures with crayons. When we were almost done Kevin said, "Let's turn them into Get Well cards."  So we did and brought them up to Alice.

I love hanging out with kids, being with them, doing things with them, worshipping with them, praying with them, learning from them. They can teach us some things!

I love praying with my grandkids. Their hearts are free before the LORD.

Our Father in Heaven looks at us as little children!

How different from how many see themselves:

Old

Aging

Sophisticated

Educated

Highly Educated Aristocratic

Beautiful when an elder with great learning remains like a little child in their faith.

We are tracing the steps of Jesus to Jerusalem in those days of the gathering storm before Holy Week.

This verse of scripture explodes with spiritual truth!

The Trinity is revealed.

One of a number of instances where the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are in the same sentence.

1. Praising God

*It is a good thing.

*We need to do more of it!

*We are very blessed.

Jesus sets the example.

First of He was praying.

His prayer was not long.

His prayer was one of praise.

Look at what He was praising God for.

We need to praise Him more for the eternal things.

Ephesians 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Look through verse 14!

When we are full of joy through the Holy Spirit we will praise the LORD. To do that we have to become more attached to heaven and less attached to this world and everything in it which is passing away!

We need to find our joy in God. There is no other place to find joy.

Joy is not dependent on circumstances.

Jesus was on His way to the cross yet He was filled with joy. Why?

2. Our God Reigns Over Heaven and Earth

Jesus has all authority over them given to Him by the Father

I need to remember that when Satan buffets.

I need to remember that when I read the news.

I need to remember that when struggles come.

He is in control.

I believe in some small measure our suffering can be understood in the words of Jesus to Peter after He wielded the sword in the Garden the night Jesus was arrested.

Matthew 26:53 Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? 

Suffering in a believer's life can be the will of God for that time.  We dare not tamper with it like Peter had been and was continuing to do.

Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush Him and cause Him to suffer, and though the LORD makes His  life a guilt offering,  He will see His offspring and prolong His days,and the will of the LORD will prosper in His hand. Isaiah 53.10

We need to reminded we are following Jesus and where He was heading and what He said about following Him.

And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”Then He said to them all: “If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. 

Luke 9.22-23

How could Jesus be filled with joy on His way to die?

Hebrews 12:2-3 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 

Go in God's Will.

Don't think something is permanent when it is not. 

See Into The Future

3. The Riches of the Kingdom Have Been Given To Us.

Unlikely recipients

1 Corinthians 1:26-29 Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. 

The hidden things have been revealed to little children. 

Revealed= Uncovered, disclosing something up to this point which was unknown to anyone.

Humble

Teachable

Loving

Childlike faith

When I see the learned and the talented and those much more capable than me I am in awe that God chose me. When I see how simple and childlike my faith is and I read this passage I am told why.

We have this treasure in an earthen vessel. We are in filled with the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead. God has chosen to use us in these Last Days. We have a small role in His kingdom, one that has come from Him.

Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 

Philippians 4:19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus. 

Remain childlike in you faith. God will reveal wonderful things to you.