My post today is from my hubby’s Monday Devotional. I trust
you will be blessed by this article, which can also be found here: www.changemakersforchrist.org
Friends, greetings in Jesus Name! Today I will be sharing
with you on what I title, “Knowing God Intimately”. As a believer, your
endurance and perseverance in your walk with God can only come by your depth of
knowledge and understanding of His ways – knowing who He is, what He stands
for, what He hates, what He loves, and how He operates. This clear knowledge of
His personality enables you to clear the fog off your eyes from any wrong
perception about His person. I know some people who fell out of the way just by
a slight trial of life. Unfortunately, many of such people have made God their
enemy. Simply because certain things did not work out as expected, they blame
God as the cause. Remember, our God is loving, tenderhearted, caring, and kind.
He cannot tempt you with evil, and neither does He tempt any man (James 1:13).
He is never the cause of our problems as some thinks. He is the one who tries
every possible means to save you from your problems. The real enemy of your
destiny is the devil. He hates you with passion!
The bible declares in John 17:3, “And this is life eternal,
that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have
sent.” Why? It is in knowing God and His son Jesus Christ, that you can truly
live and lead a successful life. Apostle Paul said, “That I may know Him and
the power of His resurrection” (Philippians 3:10). Listen, what distinguished
Moses from the rest of Israelites was his knowledge of God. Psalm 103:7 says,
“He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the people of Israel.” There are
certain things others don’t know but you know when God makes His ways known to
you. Unfortunately, God cannot make His ways known to you when you do not
thirst after Him. Matthew 5:6 says, “Blessed are they that thirst and long
after righteousness for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6). What is
righteousness? It is having right standing with God. This occurs when you
constantly desire to fellowship with God, walking intimately with Him, and
learning His ways like Moses did.
Many years ago, when I was learning to drive a car using the
manual gear system, I remember starting out with gear one, then I move a while
and change to gear two, and to gear three, and to gear four, and finally to
gear five depending on my speed or traffic on the road. Really, you don’t start
out with gear one and quickly change to gear four. If you do so, the car will
stall and malfunction. The general rule is to understand the law of “gradual
process”. Likewise, walking with God requires a process. You do not start with
God from gear three. No! You have to start from the basics, and learn through
the ranks. Jesus said in Matthew 11:29, “Learn of Me”. Therefore, as the year
draws to a close, seek to know God, learn of Him, and walk closely with Him
through the power of the Holy Spirit. Do not carry-over your mistakes,
failures, disappointment, and setbacks of 2017 into the year 2018. You must
desire to cross-over to take-over in the New Year. Have a fantastic week. With
love, Elvis!
