The Benefit of Knowing Jesus

Every Christian believer eventually gets to that place in their spiritual growth to where they want to know how to tap into the power of God for their lives. 2 Pet 1:3-4 tells us how that happens. Before you continue on with this post, read this scripture and allow God to speak to your heart what He is saying to you about His divine power and how He has made it available to you, then what God has revealed to me might be more clearer to your understanding.

God's divine power is released to the believer through His word. (Now remember, Jesus is the Word made flesh, John 1:1&14. To know Jesus is to know the word. The more you know Him, the more He will reveal to you).

God's divine power covers any situation in life that a man/woman will encounter. There is nothing in life that a man faces that God doesn't have the answer for. But to know this divine power and how it works, you must first know Jesus. (I didn't say "know of Him or about Him", I said "you MUST KNOW HIM as your best friend". This knowing Jesus is a living relationship with Him. To know Him is to walk every step with Him. It's through this relationship that Jesus makes known His divine power that is available to all men/women who will believe Him.

But just knowing that divine power is available, will not benefit me. It's when that divine power is revealed to me and at work in my life that makes the difference. That divine power can only be at work in my life by my receiving it. The way I receive from it God is by FAITH. This is the only way that you can receive anything from God. You must believe Him to receive from Him. And the only way to believe Him is to believe what He says. To believe what He says you must believe His words. To believe His words, you must know His words, for faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Rom 10:17).

Now God has said, " My divine power has given unto you all things that pertain to life"(2Pet 1:3). That is His promise to man/woman. (Now this next thing that God has to say to us might be somewhat difficult for some to swallow. You may have to chew on this piece of meat for awhile before you swallow it.) If we are lacking anything that we need in life, understand this, it's not God's fault, it's ours. (Are you willing to accept that responsibility? You must if you are going to go God's way!). It's our lack of knowledge or the lack of doing what we know that creates needs and lack in our lives. God says, " My people perish for a LACK OF KNOWLEDGE" (Hosea 4:6). This scripture goes on to say " Because you (yes, that means you and me) have rejected knowledge, I (God) will reject you.........". Do you know God this way? The God who gives you a responsible part to play to walk in His blessings. Most of the church does not know God this way and that is why we see so much failure and people perishing, but God has revealed everything that a man needs to know how to live life successfully and fully, but He requires that man to seek Him and His ways. (Most don't!) How about you? Be one that does!

God would have you live long on the earth, but man shortens his life because of a lack of knowledge of God's word. You must understand this truth of God also, " God is not moved by our need, God is only moved by faith". God will move heaven and earth to get to the man/woman who is believing Him. The failure that is observed in the church today has nothing to do with God changing His ways and not doing something He once did. Better said, it's man not doing what Jesus did when He walked this earth as a man. Jesus believed the Father and He received from the Father. (Eph 1: 19-20). We must believe this way also if we are going to receive from the Father, and all things that pertain to life.

If you are in need today, sit down with Jesus and let Him reveal His source of supply to fulfill that need. The most important thing you'll do today will be getting to know Him, for if you do, all things are available to you. The more we know Him, the more that will be revealed to us. If you find yourself at that place not knowing what to do, then know this fact, everything you need to know is in Him (Jesus), and the more you know Him, the more you'll know what to do.

My plan today is to know Him more, how about you?