God was speaking through Jesus but not everyone was able to receive the message. God is always speaking to us, but who is able to receive the truth? If you think you are already right about everything, and if you don’t want your viewpoints challenged, then you won’t get it. Some people want to be right more than they want to know the truth. Some people would rather that the truth remains abstract and academic because then it doesn’t challenge their ‘rightness’. If you want to know the truth then you have to become like a little child. You have to be changeable and humble-minded. In verse 27 Jesus tells us that he can reveal God the Father to us. If you become like a child who simply wants to embrace the Father, if you are discontent with just having head knowledge about God, then Jesus says, “Come to me”. Ideas about God won’t change you. Ideas about God won’t dissolve your autonomy, which is why many people prefer their faith to remain theoretical. What will change you is a real relationship with the real God. God changes people. If you are not willing to change then you will instinctively avoid any real encounter with God. All the proof in the world will not convince a person who doesn’t want to change. Our minds always serve the desires of our hearts. If you are willing to change you can know God. If you are unwilling to change then you will always be trying to avoid him. It’s no wonder that people rejected Jesus when he came.
Ask God to soften your heart and make you changeable.
Read Matthew 11:20-30
