Jesus Actually Promised to Reveal the Father to You — Are You Letting Him? | He’s Better Than You Think (S4E4)

What if the reason knowing God feels so hard isn't a discipline problem, a faith problem, or a prayer problem — but simply that you didn't know Jesus already promised to fix it?

In this revelation-rich episode of Face to Face with God, Rick Osborne digs into one of the most overlooked passages in all of Scripture — Matthew 11:25-30 — and uncovers layer after layer of gold that most believers have read right past for years. Because this passage isn't primarily about having a childlike attitude. It's about what Jesus personally committed to do for every one of His own: reveal the Father.

Rick opens with a reframe that changes everything. When Jesus says the Father has "hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children," He's not contrasting attitudes — He's contrasting covenants. The wise and understanding are those still in Adam, trying to figure God out on their own. The children are God's children — returned to the Father through Christ, with Jesus Himself appointed as the one who reveals the Father to them.

In this episode Rick unpacks:

• Why Matthew 11:27 — "no one knows the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him" — is not about being specially selected, but about Jesus taking on the task of revealing the Father to everyone who comes to Him
• The stunning connection between Matthew 11:28-30 and Exodus 33 — where Moses begs God to reveal His ways, asks to see His glory, and God answers: "My presence will go with you and I will give you rest" — the exact same rest Jesus promises in Matthew 11
• Why "the cleft of the rock" where God hid Moses isn't just a physical location — it's a prophecy of you in Christ, yoked with Jesus, covered and revealed simultaneously
• How John 1:18 — "No one has ever seen God... but He has made Him known" — means Jesus is literally doing right now, as your high priest, what He's always been appointed to do: take the cover off the Father for you
• Why the struggle to know God, hear His voice, and sense His presence is often not a failure of effort — it's a failure to ask Jesus to do what He already promised
• What it means practically to "yoke yourself with Christ" — not as a metaphor for hard work, but as an invitation into the same rest Moses longed for and Jesus now provides

And then Rick does something simple and powerful: he stops and invites every listener — whether watching live or years later on recording — to quietly tell Jesus "From now on, I want to yield to you as you reveal the Father to me."

Because the Father wants a relationship with you more than you want one with Him. He didn't just provide the way. He provided the teacher. And that teacher is still working.

You don't need to grope around trying to get God's attention. He's already arranged everything. Ask Jesus to show you the Father — and then get out of the way.

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