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DO YOU KNOW GOD?

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

MEMORIZE: “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent” ( John 17:3)

READ: Daniel 1:8-15

“O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me” (John 17:25). As a result of being with God from the beginning of beginnings, Jesus Christ knows everything God knows. Also, this association made Him to know the Father. If you want to know God, you cannot do so from a distance. A sinner cannot know God. A compromising believer cannot know or understand God. Yet, if there is one thing you must have this year, it is the knowledge of God that can transform your life forever.

According to Daniel, the strength and ability to do exploits are derived from the knowledge of God (Dan. 11:32B). He was speaking from experience. He had a knowledge of God that made him to excel even with the least provision (Dan. 1:8-21). Do you know that if you really know God, your little provision is enough to make a difference in your generation? It is not the size of the provision, capital or position: It is all about what you know of God. Have you known God to the point of effecting change in your unpleasant circumstances?

Daniel’s knowledge of God brought him from slavery in a foreign land to the corridors of power and remained there (Daniel 1:19-21;3:30). Have you left the shores of your nation for greener pastures and presently you are like a slave living from hand to mouth? If you truly know God, that knowledge can turn your situation around and place you on top like Daniel. Similarly, Daniel’s knowledge of God gave him solution to impossible problems (Dan. 2:1-49). If you know God to an extent, you could provide solutions to the problems of those around you.

You can become so sought after because of this. Have you known God to the extent of affecting your destiny, family, community, or nation for good? Do not stop at where you are. All you know about God presently can be compared with a drop of water from an ocean. No wonder Apostle Paul made knowing Christ His life ambition. Little wonder he was full of exploits.
ACTION POINT:
More than ever before, cause me to know You Oh Lord!