Day 11- Knowing God Intimately
After taking a red-eye home last night
and hardly getting a wink of sleep, my mind is depleted.
Being so tired and fatigued, this was the first day
since I’ve started this journey that I let the
thought of just skipping quiet time slip into my thoughts.
But I recognized this thought and immediately got
out my Bible and started praying.
I was just real honest thanking God
for getting me home safely but telling Him of my worries
in trying to read and digest His Word tonight when
I’m not real sure if my eyes can stay open.
I asked Him to help me through this fatigue and even
if it was just a small tidbit to focus on, that He
help me find something I could grab a hold of tonight
even in my weariness.
I read 1 John chapter 2, but really
just focused in on verses 3-6. Verses 4-5 are particularly
convicting, “He who says, ‘I know
Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is
a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps
His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him.
By this we know that we are in Him.”
In these verses the term that John is using for knowing
God means to know Him intimately.
Do you know God intimately?
You can know of God, know about God,
know what God’s Word says, but do you know God
intimately? Trying to grasp this concept
I thought about the person I know most intimately,
my husband, and some of the things it takes to know
him that deeply. To know someone intimately you have
to share private, personal experiences with them.
You trust them. You care about them and what they
think and how they feel. You will sometimes do stupid
and embarrassing things to protect them or stand up
for them. You never want to see them hurt or disappointed.
Is that how well you know God? Do you know
God intimately?
After dwelling on that, I get verse
6, “He who says he abides in Him ought
himself also to walk just as He walked.”
Abiding in Him basically means continued/habitual
obedience. And notice that it says “ought…to
walk.” We don’t have to walk,
but if we know God intimately, we should want
to walk in His ways. It should be our desire
and joy to do so.
Lord,
Thank You that even as my eyes are trying to shut,
You kept my brain alert and searching in Your Word.
Thank You for this lesson Lord, because I do want
to know you intimately! Please continue to help me
walk in Your ways and know You more deeply.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
