It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,

....    But the glory of kings is to search out a matter (Proverbs 25:2). When my grandson was very young,  I took him to see the house I had just bought,  but had not yet moved into. There was not yet a stick of furniture in the place. He wanted to play hide and seek, and told me to hide. I went into the furthest room and hid in the closet. “Coming Grandpa, are you in this room?” 'No.' In this way he “searched” room by room,  until I could answer “yes.” The only possible place to hide was the closet, and he came and opened it. “I found you Grandpa!” His little face was shining with joy at having found me. It was his glory! I was hiding for him, not from him. So it is with God. In fact He tells us  “You will search for me and find me, if you search for me with all of your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13).  

Note  that it is not by brute force, or by the intellect, but with all your heart. We have to do things His way, but He does what He does to delight and fascinate us.  It is the divine romance! Learning, searching and growing are part of the abundant life, just look at how a little child finds wonder and fascination in every little thing. As adults,  most of us have lost our sense of wonder, but it impoverishes us.  Our education has not helped, concentrating merely on throwing out facts which we are required to commit to memory for one or two   hours and then, after vomiting them out on the test,  forget. It it is in discovery however that we find the joy, the glory.   There is a quote from Einstein that speaks to this,  it is “The Lord is subtle, but not mean.” What he was saying, is that the way things are,  are intricate and subtle, but not past finding out. You don't have to be Einstein to find joy in discovery, but you do have to be in the mode of searching things out.

The mention of kings in this morning's scripture is interesting. We believers are kings (the ladies too – Revelation 1:6), we are royalty, and we have authority (Luke 10:19).  And “the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits” (Daniel 11:32 NKJV).  When we are engaged in the learning process, be it about God or any other matter, we discover the more we know, the more there is to know. I believe we will be learning all through eternity, and if we have lost our love of learning down here, He will restore it.  I mean the glory is in the chase.  This is why we are commanded to “study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15 KJV).

Father, knowing You and knowing ourselves is a life long process, and the two are related.  Thank You Lord for the amazing promise that when we see You we will be like You, because we will see You as You are (1 John 3:2).  Restore our sense of wonder Lord, and our love of learning, and help us to keep on searching for You in and through Your Word,  and with all our hearts. And we will give You the glory in Jesus Name Amen