The disciples approached Jesus and said,
"Why do you speak to the crowd in parables?"
He does not speak to them with logical proofs. His words have authority but they are not arguments with which one can argue. Instead they always present us with us choice. We can choose to receive from what he says. If we do we receive with abundance. But we can also choose to see and hear but not to listen or to understand.
To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich;
from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
This is why I speak to them in parables, because
they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand.
Let's choose to receive what God is offering and to grow rich with the word of God. Generations of people longed to hear what is offered freely to us. It may not persuade in the way of science or of philosophy. But it does have authority if we have eyes to see it.
The Word of God is more than mere science and logic. It is a place of encounter with the one who designed those things. It does not contradict them. But it cannot be subject to them. Let us receive the word and so encounter the one who is speaking.
The trumpet blast grew louder and louder, while Moses was speaking
and God answering him with thunder.
When the LORD came down to the top of Mount Sinai,
he summoned Moses to the top of the mountain.
This is why generations have longed for the word we now receive. We come closer to God even though Moses does. We see his face more and more clearly as we walk with him day by day.
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another (see Second Corinthians 3:18)
So let's listen and understand. Let's open our eyes to truly see. And let us praise the King of Glory.
Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory,
praiseworthy and glorious above all forever.
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