Thoughts for another day

July 31, 2013.

Today's verse: Eph. 1:17. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. (NIV – copy. ack.)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

What’s the best thing for us as Christians: to know the Lord our God, Jesus Christ, and His Father and the Holy Spirit. Only by knowing our God do we get the power to be powerful and live a glorious life as designed by Him and also understand that our responsibility in life is to first give Him all glory, honor and praise in our Lord Jesus Christ and then proclaim His glorious Gospel to the nations.  Therefore, we find Paul praying for this gift so earnestly to God.

To do all that He wills for us and come to His saving Grace and be reconciled to Him; and then work so our brothers and sisters in the world are reconciled to Him, we must come to know Him for only then we’re able to give a true picture of Him and His message clearly and without bias to others.  Else we may do all kinds of things, in the garb of doing His work, except do His work.  It’s only when we get to know Him that we learn to love because we know that He loves us and He loves us despite the serious blotches we have.   It’s only then that we tend to see other human beings as He sees them that they need His tremendous Grace to be healed and saved for eternal life.

It’s only when we know Him that we understand the true purpose of our lives and His will in bringing us to live on earth.  The vastness of this human race then becomes our field of work and just as in a field we may have thorns and thistles and weeds and yet we do not denounce the field, so too we do not denounce our brothers and sisters but strive to give them the joy and love of our Lord and tell them that He loves them.  I’ve seen countless Christians, preachers and teachers among them, meandering around puffed up with human wisdom, castigating and chiding those crossing roads with them with notions undesirable to them.  Oh, how they cut these people and then go about saying they’re the teachers of God, disciples of Jesus and defending their faith.  Boy, do they need to know Him!  I’ve realised that the ultimate joy for every Christian is to know God and walk with Him.  It then becomes not a life on earth, but a life in Paradise where His inexplicable peace pervades our being and His cloak of love hangs over us in an unending grasp.