God revealed Himself to the Israelites not because they deserved or earned such revelation, but because He chose to start with them so that the knowledge of His covenant and righteousness would spread to the other nations. They could either accept or reject His law but they could not change it:
"The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law" (Deuteronomy 29:29).
Once they heard God's will, they were then accountable to obey it, as this translation makes clear:
“The Lord our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions" (Deuteronomy 29:29 NLT, emphasis added).
The Law was simply God's will for their lives, and now we walk in a new covenant, but the standards and rules still apply. We cannot change the covenant; we can only accept or reject it, but once we have heard it, we are accountable to obey. This includes God's purpose for your life, which He assigned from before the foundation of the world—something for you to do that only you can do, something for you to be that only you can be. God can't keep this a secret, for how can you do His will if you don't know His will?
Are you searching for your purpose? Have you found it? Have you accepted or rejected it? Either way, you are accountable for its fruit once you discover it—or better said, it discovers you and your willingness to obey. That's why it's so important to describe your purpose in one simple, concise statement so that you're clear as to who you are and what God wants from you. At one time, your purpose may have been a secret but now that He has revealed it, you are prudent to follow it, for it will lead you into even more "secret" things of God that He wants to make known to you and others.
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