SECRET THINGS

 

“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.” ( Deuteronomy 29:29)

There are things, incomprehensible, unfathomable, mysterious, which are beyond human understanding, and we cannot pretend to know them fully. These are what the Scripture calls the “secret things” of God. The marvelous Book of Deuteronomy tells us they are secret things which belong to God. The Lord God Almighty is the all-knowing, infinite and Eternal Creator and He alone has the power to hide, withhold, and keep these things which He chose not to reveal to us, mere puny humans. Of all creation man is the most pretentious, and proud of his achievements, ability to think, reason and create. God reminds us slow down a bit. You are not God. We are His limited and finite creation - and we need to understand that there are certain things that God chose not to reveal to us. And what He has kept from us He will not hold us to account. “The things revealed belong to us that we may follow all the words of the law” (Deut.29:29). God in His grace has given us His Word and has revealed many of His mysteries with us through His prophets, and yet there is a bank of knowledge and information, which belong only to God our Maker and Creator. He has chosen not to reveal these secret things.

There are secret things that belong to the Lord our God alone, and we are not to try to pry open the door of His understanding or seek to expose the hidden things of the future, but in His grace, He has revealed much to us and to our children forever – and our responsibility is to search out the deep things of God in His word and teach these truths to our children and grandchildren.

God has revealed all that we need to know in the Scriptures and it is unnecessary and impudent for us to try to look into the things that do not concern us. Let us rather study His Word to show ourselves approved to God.

God’s revelation through His Word, is powerful.

“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)

The Bible has all the essentials of the life and power of God to do his work! Isaiah says that the word of God does not return void; it does his work, powerfully so (Is. 55).

Let us seek to be dedicated students and willing workers who do not need to be ashamed at His coming as we read, mark, learn, inwardly digest and appropriate the teaching that are in His holy Word of truth.