John 16:12 English Standard Version (ESV) I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
Are we ready to hear what Jesus has to say to us now? We might think we are ready but if we do not know ourselves the way He knows us, then perhaps it is best that we rely on His judgment as to when we are ready.
This statement says that Jesus cares about us as individuals and that He has no interest in doing us any harm. This relationship we have with Jesus should be everything we need to have the abundant life He promised. Ref. John 10:10
He will be honest with us but He knows us intimately and how best to tell us what we need to hear when we are ready to receive it. Turn away from Him and you will not see. Ignore Him and you will not hear. Allow the wrong things to concern you and the right things will elude you.
Once we take this relationship with Jesus seriously we will discover how much it means to Him.
Serious relationships need attention. How we attend to this relationship has to be personal. We cannot allow other people to tell us how to love Him. That takes the personal part of personal relationship away. Jesus knows when we are being real. All He ever wants from us is to be real with Him. He can deal with honesty.
Luke 18:13-14 English Standard Version
13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”