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October 27, 2005

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Matthew 11:25-26

I am sometimes startled by a verse in the bible that seems unfamiliar. It might not even be that I’ve never read the verse before (well, sometimes that happens too), but more like I’ve never felt the verse before.

This happened last night during our small group meeting. We were going through the daily readings from the prayer book and we came to Matthew 11:25-26 (NKJ):

25At that time Jesus 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. 26Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.
Incredible.

Sure, this is a concept that I’ve heard plenty of times before — and have probably even spoken about on this Weblog. But, to see it all plain and laid-out like that, prayed by Jesus Christ himself…

And, last night, it hit me as if I had never read it… Ever.

But, I think, there is a pretty good reason for this. If you continue reading Matthew (11:27-30), you’ll see that it is one of the most famous (and quoted) couple of passages in the bible. And, probably, they tend to overshadow the simple opening of Jesus’ prayer. Yet, important to our faith as those verse may be, they just aren’t hitting me like verses 25-26.

I understand the value in reading long pieces of scripture at a time — context is utterly important after all. But, sometimes, just getting a little piece, like Matthew 11:25-26, is all one needs.

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Comments (2):
Awesome

What does the verses mean to you? Why did you see or feel it differently this time?

Ryan - October 28, 2005 at 12:17 pm

Well the first profound thing for me was just that, when I read it, it appeared to be a verse that I had never read before. That was pretty cool.

Secondly, is the point that the verse makes… That there’s a reason (or a time or whatever) that God would hide deeper meaning to us because we are wise or learned — that true understanding comes to those who are like little children.

This is something I’ve spoken about here before, so I won’t pontificate, but I think it’s a valuable lesson — one that sometimes gets overshadowed by more popular “theological” statements in the bible.

timsamoff () (URL) - October 29, 2005 at 08:45 am

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