God does not write the Word to save people trouble, nor is it written, as men preach, in texts, by which the Scriptures are divorced and their strength in connection destroyed. Not so; God has written all His Word to be prized, as made a matter for waiting on the Lord, that we may enter in and fully enjoy it, though it may not be understood all at once. How wisely it is so! Let us thank God that His Word is so written that there never was a soul since the world began who could take it up and fathom it—even the apostles and prophets themselves. Let us thank God that His Word does call us to take the place of learners. The more God gives us to know, the more He would have us feel how much there is yet to learn, and so we are kept, as He desires us to be, in the attitude of waiting. No doubt this does not suit the world. It suits much better to talk as if all were understood, while, on the contrary, it will be found how little is actually known of Scripture when reduced to a science.
W. Kelly