How well do you know people? Are there people in your life you know very well? Are there others who you do not know well at all? Have you ever contemplated the amazing number of people who live on this earth? Have you stopped to think of all the people who live in your town?
We don’t often stop to think about how many people live in this world, if ever. In fact, if we live in a city of any significant size, we likely don’t think about all the people living in the city. We encounter people regularly whom we know nothing about.
On the other hand, there are people we are very close to. We are close to family members. We have grown up with siblings whom we know very well. We know our parents and their preferences. We know our children. Yet, we do not know anyone as well as Jesus and the Father know one another.
When Jesus speaks of the Father and Son knowing one another, he is referring to complete knowledge. He is talking about their very thoughts being the same and known to one another. Because of this intimate knowledge, the Father has turned all authority over to the Son. When Jesus says “all” He means every single atom in the universe.
If read incorrectly, it can be disconcerting when we read that Jesus chooses who to reveal Himself to. However, the meaning is everyone that comes after Him. It means everyone who lives after Jesus’ time on earth…everyone who chooses to get to know Him. Therefore, if we choose to know God, Jesus will reveal him to us.
I pray we all choose to know God. I pray we know that Jesus has all authority to reveal God to us. I pray each one of us will earnestly seek to know God intimately. Choose to know God. Choose to know Jesus. Choose to follow Him. Ask Jesus to reveal Himself to you. Seek to know God intimately.
Matthew 11:27 “All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
Marty Pressey 