Power Of Knowing Him

 Key Scripture: "...with both feet firmly planted on love, you'll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ's love.  Reach out and experience the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God."  Ephesians 3:15-19  The Message

Power Point:

     Whatever we know of God, there’s always more to know isn’t there?  Whatever we think about Him, there’s more to think. Whatever box we have put Him in, He needs more space. He tells us that His love is SO good, and SO big, that it’s unknowable, yet He encourages us to know Him.  He says that knowing Him is the foundation of faith and the key to being able to have peace when I don't understand what's happening. The more we know, the more there is to love. The more we love Him, the more we can trust Him. The more we trust Him, the more we are rewarded with His generosity in giving us freely all things for our enjoyment. The security and safety of His perfect love is beyond our comprehension but not beyond our grasp.

     I’m reading a book by Graham Cooke, called, “Living in Dependency and Wonder.”  In it He tells about a time when he was reliving a really sinful time in his life. It’s as though a video was playing in his mind. Suddenly Jesus freezes the frame and says, “Grae, it wasn’t your disobedience or your rebellion that grieved Me.  Son, I dealt with those issues on the Cross.  What grieved Me is

that you never saw what I wanted to be for you.  You never understood what I wanted to give you. If you had known what I wanted to be for you, this is how the situation would have turned out.”  He turned my attention back to the scene.  The whole dream played out as if I had responded perfectly to God.  In that instant, I saw what could have been.  I woke up, feeling clean and new inside, suddenly very aware of the depths of God’s love for me."

     God is very relational.  He is very intentional about that relationship. Every situation is crafted to bring us into more of an understanding of Who He wants to be for us and what He longs to give us. Each day of our lives can be filled with anticipation and great expectation of the reality and honor and benefit of being His child, His Beloved. 

     Are you more aware of your shortcomings than of your place as a child of God? Is there a situation in your life today that needs the glorious truths about Your Dad to become real to you? My son, David, has four children. I think he'd agree that fatherhood definitely isn’t for sissies. He says that sometimes parents need to be the Teacher and the disciplinarian, and sometimes they are the Coaches.  I love that, because that’s exactly what God is to us. Sometimes He has to discipline us to get rid of the things that hold us back from intimacy with Him, but the discipline is never forever. It was never meant to be.  It’s not His style.  He wants the relationship between you to grow and flourish, and once the discipline is through, you can move into the joyful place of being coached by God, instructed, and given the right plays, and encouraged to move up into another level with Him, 

     Whatever situation is happening in your life right now, why don’t you take a moment to step aside and ask your Father, “Who do you want to be for me in this place?”  and “What do you want me to see about your love for me here?”

You’ll probably be surprised. In fact, I know you will. He wants to be so much more for you than you could ever imagine.

Power Thought:

To know Him is to love Him.