Power of Direct Contact

Key Scripture;  “ Be still and know that I am God.”  Psalms 46:10

“In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5,6

Power Point:

It’s all in the “knowing” isn’t it?  We’re in the process in our country of “getting to know” the political candidates in the Republican Party. Over the period of a few months we find out the good, the bad, and the ugly about each one. But still, we don’t know them. You really only know what other people say about them.

Sometimes you meet someone who says they “know” God, but on closer investigation, you find that they have a mere “speaking acquaintance” with Him. They’ve never spent a lot of time “getting to know” Him better. Their “knowledge” is based on what other people have said.

The word for “know” in these verses is so important that I want to include the definition in its fullness from my NSFB:

“Yada: to know, acknowledge, meaning to know by observation, investigation, reflection or firsthand experience.

The highest level of “yada” is direct, intimate contact. This refers to life giving intimacy as in marriage. Applied spiritually, it suggests an intimacy with God in prayer that conceives, and births blessings and victories.  Joined to the Proverbs text we might conclude that if, in all our “ways”, we maintain “yada” (direct, intimate contact with God) God promises to direct our paths toward fruitful, life-betting endeavors.”

 You don’t “know” God unless you have intimate contact with Him on a regular basis. That means that daily, hourly, every moment, you have to keep tuned into who He is and who He wants to be for you. If you don’t “know” that, you’ll never grow in faith in Him. You don’t “know’ Him if you are not confidently assured that He is good and He is a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Beloved, to know Him is to love Him. You must know that if you call He will answer you and tell you everything you need to know. You must know His Word because that is how He speaks peace to your heart. You must know that He will never leave you or forsake you. You must know that you know that you know that He is good all the time, ready to help all the time, and He is absolutely crazy about His children.  You must know, that as Smith Wigglesworth said, “ He is “more eager to answer than you are to ask.”

Your heavenly Father sent Jesus so that He could have direct, daily, intimate contact with you. That was the grand plan.  That is the way blessings and victories are conceived in your life. That’s why you can “be still”-relax and sink down into His goodness until the answer comes.

Power Thought:

To know Him is to love Him. Really!