Hi everyone,
There's a story I find fascinating which I'd share with you. So, listen...oh sorry, keep reading.
A set of PhD students were about to have an important lecture from a Professor. They all sat in the lecture hall, waiting for the Professor to arrive as it was about time for the lecture to begin.
To their surprise, rather than seeing the Professor they saw a boy about five years of age, mounting the pulpit ready to give the lecture. The students were all very surprised that they all waited to listen to what he was about to say.
With confidence, the boy began by introducing himself, "I am Jeffrey, and I would be your Professor today." As he went on, Jeffrey spoke terms only the Professor who was meant to lecture them would have used. This made the students sit down to listen with awe.
As Jeffrey the five year boy went on, he was just as accurate as the Professor, touching the relevant points that were important for the students to note. Questions were asked, he answered them accurately just like the Professor. He also went to the white board, gave some illustrations, although the hand writing was just as that of a five year old, but they were accurate and illustrated properly. It was just as if the Professor had shrunk to the size of a five year old.
Jeffrey got a standing ovation at the end of the lecture. He was really amazing, just to think of a five year old lecturing PhD students on their own course. How could he have so much knowledge, understand them, and lecture PhD students?!
What the students didn't know was that the Professor had an emergency and he had to travel by air to attend to it. Jeffrey on the other hand was the Professor's grandson, who had an ear piece on when he came to lecture.
The Professor could hear everything said by Jeffrey and the students. Jeffrey could listen to everything the Professor—his grandfather said. So, all Jeffrey did was just to repeat everything the Professor said. Jeffrey on his own had no idea what the course was about, all he did was to rely on his grandfather—the Professor, by just repeating everything his grandfather said even the writing on the white board.
Jeffrey and his grandfather were really close, Jeffrey understood his Professor grandfather very well. What is my point in this story?
Jesus in John 5:19-20 said "Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. ²⁰For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel."
When you want to look at this critically, Jesus considered Himself foolish and His Father wise. In other words, He was dead in the flesh, as He had no plans outside the plans His Father had for Him and had set before Him. Just like Jeffrey, who didn't consider whatever he had as knowledge as anything. Many of us may say, "Of course, what does a five years old know." And we fail to ask ourselves the very same question.
God did say we should become robots and just follow Him. He made us free moral agents, it is left to us to discover by ourselves that our knowledge is nothing compared to the that of God, our Father. He created you, and knows the end from the beginning.
1st Corinthians 1 from verse 26 talks about not many wise, or mighty men being called. Note this, the verse didn't say, God doesn't call the wise or mighty. It says not MANY wise men are called. What's my point? My point is that many of those who are wise (or believe they are wise based on the flesh), rest on their knowledge, and would place their knowledge above the word of God. They feel they know, and would want to interfere in the leading of the Holy Spirit. Which is why God chooses more of the foolish people, not because he wants to, but because the foolish people, don't have anything they could brag about. They know already they have nothing to use to stand against the leading of the Holy Spirit.
Apostle Paul, based on human standard could be regarded as a Professor. Bit when he compared his knowledge with that of Christ Jesus, he found out he knew nothing, and counted it as rubbish, (ref. Philippians 3:8).
Acquiring education isn't bad, but we must understand that the knowledge we would ever acquire on earth by human understanding is nothing compared to that of God in Christ Jesus.
So, how do we tap into this realm? The answer is simple—trust. How well do you trust Him. The Bible says in Romans 10:17, "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." The Passion Translation puts the same verse thus, "Faith, then, is birthed in a heart that responds to God's anointed utterance of the Anointed One."
Remember in my story, Jeffrey and his Professor grandfather were very close, this was how he could quickly understand him when he spoke. Likewise, in knowing God, our True Father, we need to study and meditate on His word and be led by His Spirit of Truth. The more you meditate on His word, the more you know Him. And as Jesus said in John 10:27, His sheep hears His voice and follow Him, this would happen to you more and more when you meditate on His word.
The more you meditate on His word, the more you raise His knowledge far above whatever you might have studied. This is not hypnosis, but you would come to know that God is rich is knowledge, beyond human reasoning. Be like Jeffrey and listen to you Father.
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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