Knowing & Being Known (C. 3 Knowing God J.I. Packer)
This is a momentous knowledge. There is unspeakable comfort – the sort of comfort that energizes, be it said, not enervates – in knowing that God is constantly taking knowledge of me in love and watching over me for my good. There is tremendous relief in knowing that his love to me is utterly realistic, based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me, so that no discovery now can disillusion him about me, in the way I am so often disillusioned about myself, and quench his determination to bless me.
There is, certainly, great cause for humility in the thought that he sees all the twisted things about me that my fellow humans do not see (and am I glad!), and that he sees more corruption in me than that which I see in myself (which, in all conscience, is enough). There is, however, equally great incentive to worship and love God in the thought that, for some unfathomable reason, he wants me as his friend, and desires to be my friend, and has given his Son to die for me in order to realize this purpose. We cannot work these thoughts out here, but merely to mention them is enough to show how much it means to know not merely that we know God, but that he knows us.
This is exactly what I’ve been reminded of lately, “knowing and being known”…for the believer, isn’t it incredibly astounding to recognize the Presence (of God) living inside you, guiding, directing and teaching you? To trust in the Unseen and Eternal is a constant battle and struggle to do seamlessly inside this flesh, yet once faith is exercised, what peace & quietness meets the now sensing soul. I’ve been completely undone re-realizing this & having a hard time piecing everything together – which is, a rather futile effort considering a day will come when my flesh will completely fail and be one with the dust, yet my soul will be one with God – sensing in full array the glory of the altogether God, Jesus Christ….4/28/10…
