The Knowledge of knowing God
1 Samuel 2:12,21 “Now the sons of Eli were corrupt;they did not know the Lord.”
“And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the Lord.”
Eli served the Lord as a Priest. For such a man of God, Eli’s children were ‘men of Belial’we read. The reason being that they did not know God. But we see that, from the hill of Ephraim, was a man named Elkanah and his wife Hannah whose child we see growing at the Lord’s temple. This child heard God’s voice and became a prophet.
In today’s ministerial work , we see that the children of many servants of God have not been filled in the knowledge of knowing God. They have not understood God in the proper way. They know the church, the service ,and they also know the order , but they do not know God. This is very agonising.We shall ask ourselves now, Have I known God? We would have knowledge about God but, have we known Him?
To know a person and to have known about a person are different .Supposing, If I ask you, Do you know Jawaharlal Nehru? your answer will be yes ,I do. But if I ask the same question to Our Late Prime Minister,Mrs.Indira Gandhi she will reply obviously he is my father how will I not know him. We knowing Jawaharlal Nehru, and his daughter knowing him are way too different .
Now my question to you will be; Do you know God? Or Do you know about God? In these days we see,Jesus is known to people,that,He came to this world, was crucified on the cross and rose back to life on the third day. Even the ones who have not known Him speak such things about Him.
Jesus is Our Father,our natural father, have we known Jesus? Are we filled in the knowledge of knowing Him?
2 Corinthians 2:14
“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.”
Philippians 3:8
“Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ”
Colossians 1:9-10
“For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;”
Today ,May The Lord God fill us with the knowledge of knowing Him.
1Peter 1:2
“elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:”
2Peter3:18
“but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.”
Luke :24-16 “But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.”
When Jesus rose back to life he revealed to All that He is Alive.When two of His disciples were walking to Emmaus,Jesus also walked alongside them.Since their eyes were restrained the disciples did not know Him.
Jesus is always with us.dwelling in us always. But have you know Him? Or Are you like Eli’s sons. We are performing all the church customary practices perfectly. But are we Knowing God?Lets forget us.Are we bringing our children In The Knowledge of God?Lets think.
Luke 24:30-31 Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him;.
Jesus says that He is ‘The Bread of Life’.His words and verses when we break the verses and eat them we will know Jesus.
In our life how many hours do we spend for God? How many hours do we spend on His Word? We need to spend most of our time alone with God. When we meditate on His verses we will be able to sense The Prime Love for God .We will be able to feel How Miraculous, How Powerful and How Merciful Our God is.
Prayer:
Our Loving Father,I thank you for the words that you have spoken to me.Lord,help us to grow in knowing you,and to feel your love through your verses, as we meditate,shower us with your immense grace.In The Powerful Name of Jesus we Pray,Amen
Sol.Dr.Petricia