Praise the Lord the Lord brethren. The Lord is good.
One thing that Iam fully convinced about is that God almighty is looking for that person who would dare know Him.
Knowing God is more than having to identify His name as Lord…as the bible say that not everyone who calls Him Lord that shall enter His kingdom but that one who walk in obedience to His word. It has all to do with being reconciled with His character,His will,His intention,His power,His glory, His salvation,His word, His being and so on.
Our ultimate quest as the children of God should be to know the Lord which is a life time exercise.We cannot know God enough but He has provided an opportunity for every one of His children to have a piece of Him….which is enough to engage our being for our entire lives….to an extent that we are able by His grace to serve Him and make Him known.
It is the will of God for us to know Him because then we are able to represent Him effectively in the world of the living. Upon our knowledge of Him our lives will shift from survival mode and become an adventure of faith, victory and triumph.It is a pillar upon which all facets of our lives hang on for it allows Him to manage the various stages of our lifes which could be ministry, business, relationships,parenting and so on. It will spell death to the flesh and bring in live of Christ and so it will be …’Christ in me the hope of glory’. It will position His children as candidates for exploits and influence as it happened with Daniel, Shadrack, Meshak and Abednego.
The end result of the knowledge of our God is assuming the His image which He intended for us right from the beginning.Genesis 1:26-28
Knowing the Lord has a dimension of intimacy as in the case of a husband and wife..and indeed the church is the bride of Christ with Him being the bride groom. And so we await for His second coming with great anticipation so that we can finally consummate our marriage.
Scriptures:
“If you really knew me, you would know the father as well. From now you do know Him and seen Him” John 14:7
“Don’t you know me Philip even after I have been among you such a long time?”John 14:9
“You do not want to leave too,do you? Jesus asked the twelve .Simon Peter answered Him ” Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy one of God” John 6:68
“Then they asked Him, Where is your father? You do not know me or my father. Jesus replied, If you knew me you would know my father also” John 8:19
“But what about you,He asked Who do you say Iam?, Simon Peter answered, You are the Christ the son of the living God” Mattew 16:15-18
“Whats more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of Knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them as rubbish that I may gain Christ……I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and to fellowship of sharing in His sufferings becoming like Him in His death” Philippians 3:8,10
DEAR BRETHREN LET IT BE THE YEARNING OF OUR HEARTS TO KNOW THE LORD!
Amen. I want indeed to know Christ and the power of His resurrection.