Unlearning what I know

Mt 11:25 ¶ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

So much of life is UN-learning what I think I know.  When I think I have things all figured out--I'm in trouble.  A big source of the conflict in my life is dealing with the expectations I have set up based on the plans I've made, based on what I think I know. I think I have a great idea, plan for it and watch it blow up in my face. 

 For instance, I set up a reasonable plan to get up early and have great quiet times.  I get up and I follow my plan until "whoops!" Facebook curiosity gets me off track and I end up losing all that precious quality God time to some cute cat pictures and stories of my neighbors.   So much for my plan.  Or I set up the perfect chore chart and whip the girls into place with it.  For a week.

What I need is to not have a better plan, or to know how to set up my day better.  Knowledge and planning only go so far.  What I need is a deep internal knowing:  REVELATION.  It's not just the last book of the Bible, it refers to a deep knowing instigated by contact with God.  The Greek word is "Apokalupto", and means "to reveal, to take the cover off, to disclose." 

  Revelation is something God does, not something I figure out on my own.  I can seek for revelation, I can treasure it, I can ask for it, but it is not something that I come up with on my own.  I need to ask and receive. Like asking Him to help me draw near to Him in a deeper way in my quiet time.  I ask--then receive as I do what I can to make my heart ready.

Revelation requires humility.  It requires not knowing all the answers. It requires that I don't try to plan or strategize with my own intellect and experience.  I look to God.  I seek His word and presence to sort out things.  If I go back into that quiet time with the idea that God will speak to me rather than I will check devotions off my list, I may gain something and not be distracted.

 In this verse, Jesus was thanking the Father that the humble, foolish, and ignorant disciples had received and understood Him.  They got who He was even as the spiritual leaders and learned men stumbled over his identity. The Pharisees could not repent (change their way of thinking) where as the humble fishermen could. Jesus commended the humility of the fishermen and condemned the pride of the Pharisees who had it all figured out.

I'm wanting to stop figuring it all out, and wait for revelation to change my heart and my mind.