GRANTED TO KNOW MYSTERIES.

In Matthew 13:11 Jesus answered His disciples' question of why He spoke in parables to the crowds and those who were not His followers.

"To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted."

At 18 years of age, I thought Christianity had just begun because I had been searching for Him all my life and never "heard" the salvation message. I attended different denominational churches, memorized The Lord's Prayer, John 3:16 and the 23rd Psalm during my grade school days, and there was no lack of evidence I needed God.

After I gave my life to Jesus (suicide was the option previously considered), I testified to anyone and everyone about the great love of Father God and Jesus. My mantra was: "Once I was blind but now I see!"
"...because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.".
Months ago, I meditated on a verse that had jumped off the page (my gold nugget of truth I found in the Word of God that day). In the passage of Matthew 13:10-17, Jesus explains why He spoke in parables; Then He says to His disciples, "But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear."
Jesus then goes on to explain why the disciples were blessed. "...many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear."

However, the prophets and righteous men of old did not lack understanding. Is there a question you have or something you do not understand? Is it because you have eyes but do not see, or ears but do not hear? Or could it be you just haven't asked Him to help you understand?