Why has GOD revealed ‘SOME’ of His ‘SECRETS’ to US?
March 2 Bible
Reading: Deuteronomy Chapters 28-30
Why has GOD revealed ‘SOME’ of His ‘SECRETS’ to US?
"The secret things belong to the Lord
our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children
forever, that we may do all the words of this law." (Deut 29:29)
The above
verse forms the key that unlocks God's covenant with His people in Palestine.
While there are certain secret things
that belong to the Lord (especially matters concerning His judgments), Moses
reminded the people that their responsibility was clearly revealed—to keep the
covenant of the Lord. Revelation brings
responsibility! The Israelites were accountable to obey God’s Word completely and this principle can be
found many times in the New Testament as well: “To him
who knows to do good [revelation] and does not do it [responsibility], to him it is sin” (James 4:17).
God does not
give humans unlimited knowledge, but rather the privilege of knowing Him even
without understanding the “secret things”.
The reference to “secret things” may
suggest that Moses faces the uncertain
future of the nation, remembering their waywardness and how they turned to
the golden calf at Horeb (Exodus 32). In this uncertainty, Moses trusted their
hidden future to his trustworthy God!
The will of
God had been revealed to the
Israelites through the Law and the Commandments. If these revelations were acted upon wisely, then the people would receive
God’s great blessings from God, but to disobey would hasten God’s judgment upon
them. Revelation may be defined as “that
process by which God imparted to human beings truths they otherwise could not
know”. God’s revealed law was of vital importance, and the Israelites were required to obey this revealed law! Similarly, God’s revealed will is available to us in
pages of the Bible! (see Romans 11:33-36)
Why has God revealed His secrets to
us? So that we may daily read, reflect, understand, and live out His Word in our world. We are
directed and encouraged to seek into that which God has made known to us
through His Word. To ignore God’s Word and chase after the things God has left
secret is foolishness as our responsibility is to obey what we know
and not pry into what we do not know! Let us examine our spiritual
perception through His revealed Word today!
