Posted on 06/25/2021 6:59:29 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter” (Proverbs 25:2 KJV).
For good reasons, God conceal some things: “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God” (I Corinthians 2:7-10).
There Paul says God chooses to reveal His secrets to his children, and not to unbelievers. You'll find in Matthew chapter 13 when they asked him why he spoke in parables He said, “It is given to you to know . . . but to them [the unbelievers] it is not given.” [because they don't want the truth.] So, that brings honor and glory to God. He shows it to who wants it and he doesn't show it to those who don't want it. That shows that He understands man so well [He is so all-knowing] that he can do that. So, “it is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of Kings is to search out a matter.” in other words, when you talking about a man and a King who is to be Just and right, he doesn't know the heart behind every case. He is to search a matter out.
Man looks up on the outward appearance, but since God can look on the heart, then it is the glory of God that he will conceal a thing, because He understands that some men's hearts are not right. But a king doesn't know that, when it comes to the life or death judgment, of crime or punishment, the king must search the thing out. For him to do that, that's an honor, but when a King is lazy and just condemns people without a cause or without justice: then that is a dishonor.
“Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets” (Amos 3:7).
“And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power” (Acts 1:7-8).
So, whoever gets the power of God can know the times and seasons and not be ignorant of it. Again, God get glory from doing it that way. You have to have the power of God to know a thing.
“The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law” (Deuteronomy 29:29).
The other thing about the glory God is that it shows you how wonderful He is, how magnificent He is, that there are some things we can't know. As smart as man can be, there is still a whole lot of things that man cannot know about God. Paul says in First Corinthians, chapter one: “Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men” (I Corinthians 1:25). That’s just part of his character. He is just so wonderful, He is just so all-knowing, that man is just so far down the path, so far down the ladder, it's just not funny.
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