In today’s Gospel, we hear that God’s truths are revealed to the childlike—not the learned. It seems that relying solely on our heads gets in the way of understanding the Kingdom of God. Perhaps a quality that we consider being childlike is curiosity.
Being curious is an invitation to approach what one hears with a sense of openness. Instead of our usual knee-jerk reaction being “I can’t believe that person said that!” when we’re curious, we’re not as concerned with an immediate answer. Instead, we lean in, with an open heart, to learn more.
Perhaps this is what God wants us to do—to lean into our relationship with him. In the second part of the Gospel, Jesus shares how only the Father knows the Son and vice versa. Upon first reading, I found these statements a bit confusing, until I remembered that understanding God’s truths with mental logic isn’t the point. We are called to be in relationship with the Father and the Son. Truth is revealed in the communion of love.
Are we willing to sit with the unknown with an open heart? What would it look like to be curious with Jesus today? To simply ask, “God, how do you want me to be with you right now?” and rest knowing that the answer is secondary. Posing the question and knowing that God is leaning back toward us, eager to wrap us in love, is enough.
