Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Know God

And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me.  John 11:41-42 

There are many things God has made known to us about Himself, things that we can depend on and believe for sure about Him because He reveals them in His Word.  In today’s verse, Jesus said that His Father in heaven heard Him when He talked to Him and He knew God always heard Him.  What a wonderful thing to know that our heavenly Father hears us when we talk to Him and we can know He always hears us.  Sometimes I wonder if I am just talking to myself or is God really able to hear me when I am talking to Him?  Well, I don’t have to wonder anymore because now I know He does.  I know it because Jesus said He does.

I John 5:13 says, “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.”  This is a verse that I cling to for assurance of my salvation.  It says I can know that I have eternal life.  If I ever have any doubtful feelings or thoughts concerning my salvation, I always go back to this verse and remember that I can know it and I do because Jesus is my LORD!!

There are many other “knows” in God’s Word that we can learn about God.  Ephesians 5:17 says we can know God’s will, John 8:32 says we can know the truth of God, and 1 Timothy 6:17 tells us that we know God gives us richly all things to enjoy. These and many other scriptures are available to us so that we can know the character of our loving Father and also so that we can have a closer relationship with Him and believe that His Word is true.

Today I want to encourage you to begin to search out all the things God’s Word tells us that we can know about Him Start a running list and every time you discover something new that isn’t on your list, add it and think about if you already knew that about God or not.  Then put your list up against the things you think you believe and know about God and decide if you are believing God to the fullest or just in little bits.  We have a great and awesome God and Father that we often don’t think big enough of.  Today begin to know God more and keep growing and increasing in the knowledge of Him! (Colossians 1:10) Asl you do, your faith and trust in Him will grow also.

Today’s scripture reading: John 11:38-44      

38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 

39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”

40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 

41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 

42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 

43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 

44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”