Direct Answer
It shows that God's wisdom runs against the world's measure of who is impressive. He makes His kingdom known mainly to ordinary, simple people, the ones the world looks down on.
Support from the Message
- Matthew 11:25 records Jesus thanking the Father for hiding these things from the wise and prudent and revealing them to babes. - David Bercot says those the world looks down on as ignorant and foolish are the ones who have best understood the kingdom throughout history. - He says Jesus did not forbid intellectuals, though there have been few of them among those who understood. - To found His church, Jesus chose 12 unlettered men with no theological training, several of them fishermen. - The apostles wrote in the everyday Greek of the streets, and David sees God choosing the language of the people.
Discussion Follow-up
What does it say about God that He so often works through people without polished learning? Where might we still be more impressed by education than by a simple, faithful life?