DOES GOD KNOWS YOU?
Yes, God knows you a whole lot more than you know yourself. Following are scripture that supports this.
Psalm 139:1-5 (NIV) 1 You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. 5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
John 10:27 (NIV) 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
Philippians 2:13 (NIV) 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
Matthew 10:30 (NIV) 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
There are many more scriptures that show that God knows you. Now, I have to ask a more important question; DO YOU KNOW GOD? Around 95% of Americans say they believe in God. Believing in God is not the same as knowing Him. In order to make the answer clear, a person needs to answer these questions. Have you ever heard God call your name? Have you felt the touch of His Spirit? Has He reveal Himself to you through His Word (the Bible). God is constantly calling out to everyone through His Spirit wanting us to know Him.
You will never really know God unless He is revealed to you through a personal experience. How you come to know about God is quite different from knowing God. It is like this, I know a lot of people but I do not know them personally. The difference between knowing about God and knowing God is having a personal relationship with Him. You may say that God is not a person. How can I have a relationship with Him? Let me say that God is a person and that person is Jesus Christ. God came down to earth so He could reveal Himself to us. God exists in the relationship of three persons – God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. John 10:30 (NIV) I and the Father are one.
I understand that it may seem difficult to really understand how incredible God is. The main problem comes from what we have been taught and listening to what others say about God instead of coming into a personal relationship with Him through His Word. The Bible tells us everything we need to know about Him. If we listen to false teachers, unbelievers, and those who spread fear about God we will never understand Him. Most of us were taught to respect and obey our earthly father. God the Father is asking for the same thing. God created you with the freedom to choose between Him and the world. The choice is yours. The promises of the Bible share that God in and through Jesus Christ is waiting for each person to come to a personal relationship with Him and share His eternal life.
We have to be faithful and want what God has to offer. There is an old saying: if you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything. I am one who claims the following verse: Jeremiah 9:24 (NIV) 24 but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,”
declares the LORD.
God specializes in love, mercy and grace. His love for each person is beyond our understanding. All we need to do is come into a personal relationship with Him and get to know all that God has to offer. You will be surprised if you already don’t know. He is standing at the door knocking and will come in and dine with you if you open the door. The door is your life. If you know God, you would love Him and want to be like Him. Love to all.
PS – I want to explain my absence on my blog sites. I changed providers and was unaware of the waiting period I had with the new provider. I cancelled my former provider without knowing that there was not an immediate switch over. I apologize and pray that I will be able to be more obedient to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.