Wednesday, April 19, 2017

THAT I MAY KNOW HIM



BARBARA E. PERKINS

THAT I MAY KNOW HIM

God’s word in Philippians 3:10-14 (NKJV) declares, 10 “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” I strive each day to really get to know Jesus The Christ and The Father, God. I have read these Scriptures many times. The more I read them, the more I realize the power, the greatness, and the love of God. The more I read them, the more I recognize the overwhelming sacrifice that my Lord and Savior Jesus made to redeem me and all humanity. What a tremendous sacrifice for my sins (for our sins) and oh, what a love! Such obedience Jesus showed in submitting to His Father’s will to save me and whosoever will believe in God’s word. Then, if that wasn’t enough, the word of God tells me to forget about the past because of its bondage. Press toward the GOAL, the PRIZE—CHRIST JESUS. That I may know HIM! There is power in knowing Jesus The Christ. In getting to know Jesus, I get to know The Father. In John’s Gospel 17:21-22, Jesus said, My Father and I are one. Since Jesus is my Savior and Lord, I am in Him. He’s in God! HALLELUJAH!!! I am forever grateful for the insight I gain each time I read God’s word.

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