And He said to them,
Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you—and more [besides] will be given to you who hear.
— Mark 4:24
This is like the principle of sowing and reaping.
The more we sow, the more we will reap at harvest time. The Lord is saying in Mark 4:24 that the greater the amount of time you and I personally put into thinking about and studying the Word we hear, the more we will get out of it.
[Things are hidden temporarily only as a means to revelation.] For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed, nor is anything [temporarily] kept secret except in order that it may be made known.
(Mark 4:22)
This verse and the one above are surely telling us that the Word has hidden in it tremendous treasures, powerful life-giving secrets that God wants to reveal to us. They are manifested to those who meditate on, ponder, study, think about, practice mentally, and mutter the Word of God.
I know personally, as a teacher of God's Word, the truth of this principle. It seems there is no end to what God can show me out of one verse of Scripture.
I will study it one time and get one thing, and another time see something new that I did not even notice before.The Lord keeps revealing His secrets to those who are diligent about the Word.
Don't be the kind of person who always wants to live off of someone else's revelation.
Study the Word yourself and allow the Holy Spirit to bless your life with truth.
