Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

Isaiah 42:1-6

The eyes of the Lord are perfect, they are whole.  The knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ was perfect upon the Earth.  While it may not need to be said, while he walked upon the Earth, He only walked in perfection while in His flesh.

Consider the woman caught in adultery.  No doubt, she had many sins in her life other than the adultery.  Assuredly, there were underlying factors to this, this led to that, which led to that, which always occurs when someone eventually commits adultery.  It never comes out of thin air, but there is usually a host of other problems that leads one down the wrong road. But, Jesus barely addressed the issue directly, only to tell her to sin no more, lest something worse happen.

It wasn’t for lack of insight that Jesus only corrected certain things, even in His own disciples.  He saw Peter’s weakness; He knew Phillips unbelief; He knew Thomas would require more proof.  And, in His proper time, in the proper measure, He corrected them.

Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

Hebrews 5:8

Those who would learn to walk after the Lord must, too, learn this walk of Faith.

We must learn from Him, and in the mean time, there is often suffering along the way, as we learn to do what is right.

Oh, that we would learn from history, from examples of scripture, from those around us.  Oh, that we would see wisdom crying in the street.  But, many times, the only way we will learn is when we run directly into the consequences of our own action, or inaction.

For Jesus, He knew what His disciples needed, and what they didn’t.  They didn’t need to know how the cosmic, celestial powers worked before they understood love, or they would machinate with their flesh their own devices with them.  An unsurrendered heart in possession of the miraculous is still not guaranteed to always walk in the will of the Father (Matthew 7:21).

Yet the will of God, the heart of heaven, is that we would walk worthy of the calling which we have received.

Only one thing is needed (Luke 10:42), but as we grow in Him, and have more of His Kingdom at our disposal (Matthew 26:53), we are responsible for how we use it (Philippians 3:16).

He never gives us more than we can bear, but He requires devotion to His name, and to His Spirit.  He will not snuff out the bruised reed, as He did not the woman caught in adultery who already knew her sin.

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Jeremiah 33:3

The Father desires to give us the Kingdom, to teach us how the things of His Spirit work.  His desire is that we grow up in Him.  What a babe could not fathom, we, through the increasing measure of the Spirit, can fathom mystery upon mystery, secret after secret, for it is given to us to know the mysteries of the secrets of the Kingdom.

For in His House are many rooms, and He desires us to become faithful in all of His House.

It wasn’t ever because Jesus didn’t know the answer that He didn’t answer a question.  It wasn’t ever because He was afraid of someone’s reaction, or that the level of offense over something would be too great.  He was willing to die, and was willing to trust His Father to see to it that He wasn’t killed outside of His due time.

But, rather, He had other responsibilities.  At some times, it seems as if He refrained from obtaining His own honor.  At other times, He did not want to crush with too much wisdom.

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

John 16:12

Literally, some of the revelation could have crushed them at that point.

But, it wasn’t ever because Jesus wasn’t fully in possession of the knowledge that He didn’t share.

But, piece by piece, bit by bit, He released the fullness of His Kingdom, until, at one point, His own disciples started to hear from the Father in Heaven.  Until, at some point, they were capable of maintaining what He had been given them.  Until they could bear the weight themselves.

The one thing you can guarantee if you go on a forty day fast is not necessarily the outpouring of miracles that Jesus had, although that will more than likely come after a fashion.  One way of looking at Jesus’ fast is that He fasted to maintain His breakthrough, not to receive it.  Although He certainly received much more as a result of those forty days, what all that was is not detailed, unless it is simply the life He lived for the next three and a half years.  But, what will happen is the enemy will see that you are taking things seriously, and that you will be assailed on every front in an effort to try to get you off the trail.

Yet, no matter how batter, bruised, or beaten down you are, as you simply rise up, look to the cross and to the Eternal Blood of the Lamb, the only True and Living God, the I AM, He will receive you, and He will not chasten you for your weakness, but will call you back to the stand, back to faith, and back to the stronghold of God.

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:3

But, that is the way of it, for, it was never about our strength, really, at all.  When we’ve done all we can, and He looks down with His divine eyes of pity for us, He will reach out His hand and save.