The Jews were expecting the Kingdom of God to break into the world in an overt political fashion. Jesus corrected this view. The Kingdom of God will spread in the world, but it will not be in an overt fashion. It will be a hidden viral movement like yeast spreading through dough. Jesus likens the Kingdom to hidden treasure. God hides his Kingdom from people because he doesn’t want people entering it unless they really want to. He wants people to find by seeking. He doesn’t want to convince people. He isn’t interested in providing miracles to compel people to believe who don’t want to believe. He hides, in a sense, from those who are unwilling to know him. But to those who are willing for God to be their God; to those who are willing to therefore give themselves wholly to him; to them God will reveal himself. The Kingdom of God was coming in the person of Jesus but all that most people saw was a humble carpenter’s son from Nazareth. The Kingdom was hidden from them, not because Jesus didn’t want them to see but because they were unwilling to see. The extent to which you are willing to let God be God over your life is the extent to which you will know him. You must surrender yourself to God if you are to know him. Are you willing to give yourself over to God? If so, you will see the Kingdom and you will meet the King who comes to those who will truly accept him as their Lord.
Ask God to take charge of your life and circumstances and commit yourself to him.
Read Matthew 13:44-58 and Mark 6:1-6.
