Jesus said that although the the Good News was hidden from the wise and the learned, it was revealed to the childlike. "The learned" had too many expectations about how God would exactly fulfil this promise and so could not see that it was being fulfilled differently than their expectations. The childlike have no expectations and are thus free to see what is and trust it, even it they do not understand it fully. That is the childlike faith we should have.
Based on Luke 10:21-24
Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, ‘I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.’
Then turning to the disciples, Jesus said to them privately, ‘Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.’
(New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicized Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. http://nrsvbibles.org)
