revelation...

revelation... noun... 1 a: an act of revealing or communicating divine truth b: something that is revealed by God to humans 2 a: an act of revealing to view or make known b: something that is revealed especially: an enlightening or astonishing disclosure

--- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th Ed.) 

Revelation... comes in many forms... but it all originates with the Holy Spirit...

When it comes to revelation regarding the Word of God... finding its understanding... and sense... begins with our initiating a search... out of a desire for truth and wisdom...

My son, if you receive my words and 

treasure up my commandments with you, 

making your ear attentive to wisdom 

and inclining your heart to understanding; 

yes, if you call out for insight and 

raise your voice for understanding, 

if you seek it like silver and 

search for it as for hidden treasures, 

then you will understand the fear of the Lord 

and find the knowledge of God. 

For the Lord gives wisdom; 

from his mouth come knowledge and understanding...

Proverbs 2:1-6 ESV

Receiving His Word... treasuring it up... obeying it to the utmost of our faith and understanding... are the first steps toward revelation...

As we are in Scripture... He may draw our attention to a particular passage or word... for some reason we can't get it out of our mind... it catches us...

The Spirit inspires the seeking out of meaning... which leads us to dictionaries... lexicons... and commentaries...

Some of these resources are used by the Spirit to reveal... deeper meaning... understanding... and Ah-ha moments...

We read a Scripture we just don't understand... and can't get past... it sticks... 

When this happens ask Him... What does it mean...? How does this work...? Confess... I don't understand...

Then... maybe that day... or the next... even a week later... or a month... you may find yourself in the midst of a conversation... a circumstance... a situation... where you see that exact Word made flesh... and the Spirit says... See... this is what that means...

Revelation... still comes in dreams... and visions... too...

Our God... He's the same today... as He was yesterday...

He is faithful to those who are faithful...

and He longs for us to draw near...

building relationship... through understanding...

But the only true... wisdom... knowledge... and understanding comes from Him... we can't make sense of it ourselves... or figure it out on our own... 

So seek... ask... be receptive... and revelation... will... come...

"Ask and it will be given to you;

seek and you will find;

knock and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone who asks receives,

and the one who seeks finds,

and to the one who knocks it will be opened. ..."

---Jesus

Matthew 7:7-8 ESV