LIVING IN HIS PRESENCE: Be Acquainted with Him


Anchor Scripture: Psalm 24: 3 
“Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?”  

Focus Scripture: “. . . and he calleth his own sheep by name. . . .” – John 10: 3

Admonition
Greetings from the Throne of Grace!

When I finally agreed to start reading the Bible as a young Christian, one of the major attributes of God that endeared me more to Him was His forthrightness and His unwillingness to be economical with the truth. God says it, just as it is!

One of such verses that convinced me that Christianity was “my kind of thing” is Matthew 7: 21 where Jesus Christ says, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; . . . .” Wow! Brethren, this very verse of the Bible should not be taken literally by any serious minded Christian because it has a very deep spiritual meaning in that one may carry the title, Christian, for as long as they want here on earth, but not make heaven at the end of times.
Reading further down that portion of the Bible, verse 23, is another damning and piercing declaration by the Saviour, saying, “. . . I never knew you; depart from me. . .” Listening to some so-called Christians talk, I have found this to be true that they don’t know God and God does not know them. They are just like some kind of bastards, living out of their biological fathers’ houses, which don’t bear the father’s name, neither know the father nor the father knows them; yet claiming the fellow is their father. Isn’t that laughable? Yeah, it is! But regrettably, that is what some Christians today are: they neither know God nor does God know them.

Are you one of such Christians? Yes, you are if your knowledge of God depends only on what you were told about Him, regardless of who told you (Luke 2: 42 -44). You are, if you are a Christian who believes in fables and stories instead of the true Word of God (1 Timothy 1: 4, 4: 7; 2 Timothy 4: 4; Titus 1: 14). You are if your worship of God follows some laid down rules and regulations called “doctrines”(1 Corinthians 2: 4 – 5, 3: 1 – 15). You are, if your church’s doctrines are weightier in your heart than the True Word of God (1 Samuel 15: 22; Hosea 6: 6; Micah 6: 8; Matthew 23: 23; Galatians 5: 22 – 23). You are, if your worship of and service to God are based on the traditions and customs of men (Mark 7: 8 – 13; Colossians 2: 8).

All these kind of afore-mentioned Christians have never experienced God. Thus, they have no personal experience of God. Such are Christians who believe anything they are told and will never search in the Scriptures to know whether they are true or not (Acts 17: 11). That is why it is for them to backslide without ever looking back at the Cross of Christ.

For anyone willing to FINISH STRONG, of course, every TRUE CHILD OF GOD should aim to; the personal knowledge of God should be paramount in their hearts. The hunger should be there to get alone with God! I mean, the ravenous desire to be possessed by and always be directed by the Holy Spirit MUST be foremost in their hearts (Psalm 42: 1). They should not be contented by just listening to tapes or reading books. As a young Christian then, of course, I am still growing, there are times I will wake up in the night and be praying, crying, telling God, “I want to know more of you. I want to have more of you. My knowledge of you is not yet enough; I want more, more, and more of you”! One of my favourite songs in prayer then was Deeper in Love, by Don Moen. I will be crying, singing that song, over and over again. I did that for many years because I was hungry for God having been convinced by the Holy Spirit that I needed more of Him. Of course, I am not there yet, and I keep striving to know more of Him, every second of the day.

Brethren, as we close this morning, getting acquainted with God, having a deeper knowledge of Him in a non-negotiable task we MUST all undertake if our desire to FINISH STRONG is to be realized. It is when we know him that we can live in His presence. The Bible tells us of the seven sons of Sceva, in Acts 19: 11 – 16, who was told thus, by an evil spirit: “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?” I pray that won’t be your testimony in Jesus Christ’s mighty name. Amen.

Till tomorrow when we shall meet again on this beautiful journey of FINISHING STRONG together, please, keep keeping on in Him.

N. B. Please, pray that God will reveal more of Himself to you and take you through the REAL CHRISTIAN experience in Jesus Christ’s mighty name. Amen.
God bless you! Amen.

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