KNOWN BY GOD

KNOWN BY GOD

"What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the
fact the I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it -- the fact
that HE KNOWS ME. I am graven on the palms of His hands. I am never out
of His mind. All my knowledge of HIM depends on HIS sustained initiative
in knowing ME. I know Him, because He first knew me, and continues to
know me; and there is no moment when His eye is off me, or His attention
distracted from me, and not moment therefore when His care falters.

There is tremendous relief in knowing that His love to me is utterly
realistic, based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about
me, so that no discovery now can disillusion Him about me, in the way I
am so often disillusioned about myself, and quench His determination to
bless me.

There is, certainly, great cause for humility in the thought that He
sees all the twisted things about me that my fellow men do not see (and
I'm glad!), and that He sees more corruption in me than that which I see
in myself (which in all conscience, is enough). There is, however,
equally great incentive to worship and love God in the thought that, for
some unfathomable reason, He wants me as His friend, and desires to be
my friend, and has given His Son to me for me in order to realize this
purpose." -- J. I. Packer KNOWING GOD

For more insight, see Psalm 139:13-16

Good words to ponder today!