Thoughts for another day

Feb. 18, 2010

Today's verse: Gal. 4:9. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God… (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

The above scripture is very important in understanding ‘relationship with’ God. If you read the verse carefully, you’ll notice, ‘or rather known of God’ as happening after ‘you have known God’. This is a little out of place because we know that God knows everyone. So how does Paul say ‘known of God’, when God already knew us, even before we were created, and at a time we obviously couldn’t know Him? There’re many profound words in the Bible which at first glance seem common; but when understood in the Spirit’s light, we realise they have a deeper implication; and ‘known’ in our verse today, is a similar word.

It suggests greater knowledge: A deep intimacy, a full experience, and passionate communion. Let’s take an e.g., Genesis 4:1 says, ‘…Adam knew his wife Eve.’ See it’s not that Adam came to know her at that time, but he entered into a relationship, becoming one with her, a passionate communion in which he came to know everything about her. Were I to equate it to a relationship in our times, it would be that between a man and his wife. Only such a relationship is complete in a sense because the spouses know each other well. And that is what Paul refers to when he says, ‘known of God’.

The greatest privilege you can have in life is to be known by God in the manner I’ve mentioned above. A deep union, which God is able to have with you. This happens when you crave an intimate passion with the Lord; to make Him your first love, in which your whole demeanor is to spend time with God and enjoy the preciousness, warmth and gentleness of the moment as with a lover for whom you have intense desire. I know and understand it’s difficult to establish such a relationship with God as the world has ideas that differ and there’s too much pressure on us to comply with the world. But then, if only you take a step toward Him, He will approach you like His lover and then set things right for you and ‘know’ you. Interested, just call God today!