While visiting the hospital, I asked a lady I met in an
elevator if she knew the Jesus who died on the cross, which was similar to the
one she wore around her neck. She looked at me with widened eyes and declared,
“Well, not personally, no I don’t.” I quickly encouraged her with the truth
that He wanted a personal relationship with her, if she was willing.
There is a vast difference between the concepts of knowing
about God and actually knowing God personally. When we intimately know God, we have
eternal life (John 17:3). Earthly pursuits tie up our time
and rob us of unity with God. Our Christian goal is to imitate Jesus in every
time span and place in which God calls us to serve Him. We exchange our plans
for His, and we live for Him one moment at a time.
Even at work or with the family at home and in services
with our church family, God calls us to function in the ministry, which He
planned for us to perform (Ephesians 2:10). Like the Apostle Paul, our
main goal in life is to know God (Philippians 3:10). We live
each moment of our life pursuing God’s Kingdom on this earth and living a
lifestyle in harmony with Biblical principles.
God’s grace sustains us throughout life (2
Corinthians 12:7-12). He liberates us from the trauma of our past as we
seek the root and cause of every negative emotion, which plagues our soul. In
this way, God sets us free to serve Him with our whole heart, soul, mind, will
and strength (Matthew 22:37). We may experience deep darkness
in tribulation, but Christ is our life and light (John 6:47; Isaiah 60:19).
Prayer:
Father God, we want to intimately know the love of Christ
and to be filled with all of Your fullness (Ephesians 3:19). Teach us
how to walk worthy of You, so that we may please You in everything we think,
say and do, bearing spiritual fruit and increasing in our knowledge of You (Colossians
1:10). Help us to share Your gospel of Christ with everyone who
desires to know You.
Thought for the Day:
If we do not love, we do not know God, for God is love. - 1
John 4:8
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