I want to bring this to you today because this is a foundation in which God has laid in me and it continues to be what I teach to many individuals who want to have a deeper walk with God. I was in the book of Isaiah for a month and could not get away from it and Isaiah 53 paritcular has always appeared time and time again to bring a reminder and a freshness to my course of life. While reading this I want to point out the word knowledge, this verse is a prophetic word speaking of the coming one Jesus Christ. By his knowledge it was not a miraculous instant God event that he performed the great feat on the cross but merely it was God in Jesus the son of man. Meaning he was a human like you and I. It was his knowledge that allowed him to understand Gods heart in every matter.
Isa 53:11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
This led me to search more in depth to the word knowledge. The word knowledge is made up obviously from the word know (yada in the hebrew Strongs Number 3045) It means an experiental knowledge of someone.
Now lets relate this word to another story in the Bible where David was chosen to have a beatuiful virgin lay with him to keep him warm.
The young woman was very lovely; and she cared for the king and served him; but the king did notknow her (1 Kings 1:4 NKJV)
The girl was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no intimate relations with her.(1 Kings 1:4 NIV)
That is how deep the word know is and it can relate in so many ways to our relationships with Husband/Wives, we get to know each other by spending time with each other.
1. To know is to have experiential knowledge of the person or God
I had plans to start a business and to continue with my work running a truck in the oilfield with many customer prospects and things in place to finance the deal. It had me stuck to a job where I got paid well and could see many blessings and being blessings to others. God came and invaded me one night and shared with me my true desires to do ministry and to live by his provision. I knew that in the past how God had spoken to me and told me to go other places such as Bible College and remembered how he was faithful to provide for me. This Experience in the past helped me 1) recognize his tugging, and his voice to go 2) his faithfulness to get me where my heart desired to go 3) To trust and to give up my plans even though i thought it fitted me at the time. Now I am in ministry and have followed God in other areas because of his leading in my life and it was easier for me to trust and to turn right away to those things. This is an example of having experiental knowledge with God.
Trust is the most important aspect of it all and allowing ourselves to remember and being thankful for the things he has led us through in the past makes it easier for us to give up those things when he asks or is putting his finger on it.
2. To know is to be-loved and to love
God wants to be the first one you come to in good and bad. God wants us in the quiet place where we can hear his voice and lay aside our hearts worry. It takes time to cultivate this because so often our minds our at unrest and easily entangled in the things of the world. I always think of rest as Hebrews 4 type rest. When our souls our easy and at rest we can allow God into those areas of our heart that our often wounded or hindered by things we have been believing about ourselves. It allows the true lover of our souls to bring to memory those hurts and lies that our provoked and allows him to give us truth. Its not a quick fix often because we want it done but God is gentle and it often takes time for us to realzie we need to spend time in our day in the quiet place not just petitioning but listening.
Hab. 2:1-2 NKJV -I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart And watch to see what he will say to me and what I will answer when i am corrected. THen the Lord answered me and said: Write the visino and make it plain on tablets That he may run who reads it.
Habakkuk was waiting for Gods response after asking God a series of heart cries and he stood watch until God answered his pleas. Being willing and allowing God time to speak is important it shows the love that he has and he wants to answer our hearts questions personally not just through someone else.
I believe that 1 Samuel Chapter 2 and 3 our a very good point for allowing time for God in our lives. Samuel was ministering to the Lord and waiting on his earthly master so to speak in Eli. He was honoring the leadership and when God started to reveal his word to him he instantly ran to Eli. Eli perceived that God was calling him after the third time and he shared with him how to be a willling and obedient servant to the Lord. 1 Samuel 3:10 Now the Lord came and stood and called at other times, "Samuel, Samuel!" and Samuel answred, "Speak for your servant hears," This was the start of Samuel the Judge and one who was faithful and wanted to do what was in Gods heart and mind. It states how the Lord stood and called as at other times! How beautiful is that, Eli's or those who know what the word of the Lord is need to teach Samuels or those who our young, how to hear from God for themselves.
Intimacy requires time and it requires cultivating a love for God or maybe you need to fall back in love with your creator again. Knowledge and to know God, I believe is the most wonderful aspect of him. He reveals himself to us and we need to respond with time and care and attention because from this relationship and the secret place it will bring us victory in every area of our lives. He wants to give you counsel and wisdom on every area of your life, but it requires us to take apart that time in our lives toknow God and experience him with our 5 senses just as the definition of the word dictates, to smell, touch, taste, feel and hear.
God bless you
Alvin
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