”To those who are open to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge.” Matthew 13:12
As I open the Word of God it is my deepest desire to not miss a single thing that my precious Savior wants to teach me. I cry out for my eyes, heart, and mind to be open to all that His Word has in it. I cannot express in words how much I hunger for deeper understanding. I love how each time I study and meditate on who Jesus is how much He challenges me to dig deeper.
Number 9 on our list of things to crave-Understanding
It is more than just reading a quick passage and then moving on. It is slowing down and actually comprehending what you are reading. It is searching for that hidden treasure that His word is full of.
Proverbs 2:3-5 says “Cry out for insight and understanding. Search for them as you would for lost money or hidden treasure. Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God.”
It is not enough for me to just hear or read the Word of God. I so badly want from the bottom of my soul to have more understanding of who Jesus is. I want to know every detail of His life, His love, what makes Him joyful, what He desires. I want to be filled with understanding and insight so that I can gain more knowledge of God. I want to be able to take that understanding and share it with the world. I want to shout from the roof tops how amazing our God is. I want to help the lost who are stumbling in the dark understand that all they have to do is flip the switch within. I want to help the confused who are wrestling with who Jesus is understand that He is their Savior who loves them and gave up His life for them. And I want more understanding of Jesus and His word because I am so madly in love with every single thing about Him that I cannot get enough! Even Jesus’ disciples searched for understanding.
In Matthew 13 Jesus had just finished speaking the parable of the Four Soils when His disciples came up to Him and asked “Why do you always tell stories when you talk to the people? And Jesus replied “You have been permitted to understand the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but others have not. To those who are open to my teaching, more understanding will be given, and they will have an abundance of knowledge. But to those who are not listening, even what they have will be taken away from them. That is why I tell stories, because people see what I do, but they don’t really see. They hear what I say, but they don’t really hear, and they don’t understand.” (Matthew 13:10-14)
Even Jesus wants us to seek and search for more understanding of His Word. It is not enough for Him either that we just hear. He says people like that don’t understand and don’t really hear. If we don’t understand and or hear what God is teaching us we can become more susceptible to false teaching and we will miss out on knowing the secrets of Heaven. Who in the world wants to miss that!!! Would you pursue Jesus today, would you cry out for a deeper understanding of Him and His Word? Don’t settle with just knowing the basics, you are missing out!
Prayer: Jesus it is not enough for me to just hear or read, I want the very guts of what You and Your word has to offer. Lord open my heart and allow more understanding to be poured in so that I can receive an abundance of knowledge. In Your precious name Jesus, Amen.
