Get To Know Him!
"That I may know Him and the power of His
resurrection, and the fellowship of His
sufferings, being conformed to His death."
Philippians 3:10
We don’t have to look far in America to meet a person from
another culture. Those of us who may have lived in the same
culture all of our life can’t imagine
how difficult that transition
can be:
new language, new money, new people, new custom,
almost-everything. The first day? Challenging! One year later?
Gaining knowledge! Five years later? Still gaining knowledge!
It takes time and desire to learn new things. And the same goes
for knowing God. The apostle Paul wrote that his chief goal in life
was to “know Christ”, His power and His presence in fellowship.
Paul spent his pre-conversion years learning the Old Testament
and his post-conversion years getting to know the One to whom
the Old Testament pointed. How long did Paul imagine it would
take? For the rest of his life (Philippians 3:13-14). He forgot all
else and made knowing Christ his rest-of-life goal.
Being born into God’s Kingdom is like moving to a
new culture: It takes time and the desire to know
the
King and His Kingdom. Don’t let today pass without
gaining more knowledge of Him.
