It is revelation knowledge—not willpower—that brings freedom. In case you’re not sure what revelation knowledge means, it’s simply an “aha moment.” The word “revelation” refers to something that has been veiled or hidden for a long time and then suddenly, almost instantaneously, becomes clear and visible to the mind or eye. It’s like pulling back the curtains to reveal what has always been just outside your window. The scene was always there for you to enjoy, but the curtains blocked your ability to see the full picture. When those curtains are drawn apart, you suddenly see what was hidden from view. That moment of clarity—when you finally observe something that was always there but not previously evident—is called a “revelation.”
Revelations are those moments when we hear or see something in a completely new way. They are the sudden “I get it!” experiences that we’ve all had. These can come from something new we’ve read, heard, or thought about—or even from something we’ve listened to many times before, but are now finally ready to grasp. They can also come in dramatic moments of realization—like when life flashes before our eyes and we finally see the truth for what it is. (I had one of those in regard to addiction and anxiety.)
There is no way to know God and His eternal will apart from revelation. And there is no way to truly know Christ without the revelation of the Holy Spirit. Revelation alone allows us to understand and internalize spiritual realities. Apply this to the realm of spiritual truth: the truths we now enjoy and grasp were always there in the Spirit, but they were veiled—hidden from us. It simply wasn’t the time for them to be revealed yet, so they remained obscured from our vision. But once the Holy Spirit removed the veil, our minds instantly saw and understood. In that moment, we received a revelation.
Think back to times in your life when you suddenly saw something in the Bible you had never noticed before. That truth had always been there, but your eyes hadn’t seen it. Then one day, it was as if someone pulled the covers off that verse—it jumped off the page, and suddenly you saw it. You understood it. You had a revelation.
What’s truly amazing about revelations is that once we’ve had one in a particular area of our life, old struggles and patterns can suddenly lose their grip on us. Insights can act like a magic eraser, removing years—or even lifetimes—of conditioned thoughts and behaviors. They fall away, not through effort, but simply through clarity. This is why there’s often nothing to do but continue to learn, grow, and understand the incredible way our world—and God—works.
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