Searching Out Hidden Things (Proverbs 25:2)

To be honest, the meaning of this next verse has eluded me.

"It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search a matter out." Proverbs 25:2, Amplified

It seems as though the Lord finds glory in hiding things, but the curiosity of man is to search out those secret and hidden things. It is evident throughout the Prophets that the end of the world and how it is to come about is partially concealed. But man has written countless books and made many different movies about this very same subject. Man feels like he needs to know everything.

When secret notes are being passed in class, or a secret is whispered into an ear, the curiosity of others around seems to be stimulated. Please note that the glory of kings is revealing a matter is not looked down upon by the Lord. It is not a sinful thing. The Lord is not condemning it. The Lord made us curious creatures. That curiosity leads us to want to know more and learn more about our Lord.

When we were looking (and in some cases still are) for that perfect someone, that other half to complete our whole, how is it done? We learn all we can about that person. What he or she likes and does or what kind of music is listened to. Every hidden thing is sought out. Every ambiguous fact is brought to surety.

Our desire for the Lord should be the same.

Open Books (Proverbs 21:2)

There are hidden agendas and personal gain behind most decisions that a man makes. Not everyone thinks this way, but the Lord knows the hearts of men.

"Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs and tries the hearts." Proverbs 21:2, Amplified

Every day in life is full of decisions like what to where, where to go, what to do, who to help. So many different things. And the decisions we make may seem right to us, but the Lord truly knows what is in the heart. There is no getting around this fact. He is omniscient, and He knows us better than we know ourselves.

Jesus dealt with the Pharisees quite frequently. In every meeting, or ambush, Jesus called them out for what they really were. In one altercation, Jesus said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination to God." (Luke 16:15, NKJV) Even Jeremiah was inspired by the Spirit to write concerning the heart of man. "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doing." (Jeremiah 17:9-10, NKJV)

our hearts are an open book to the Lord. Notice how we are not that frog being dissected by an adolescent God. We are that book, being read thoroughly, every page being studied. "For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light." (Mark 4:22, NKJV)