What is everything required for life? Air? Water? Food? I guess those are the basics, but having just those would only technically sustain life. To have any kind of real life, a human would also need light, room to move around, companionship, purpose…
I’m sure God wants me to have a real life. A rewarding life, a productive life, a joy-filled life. Because He loves me. He loves me so much, in fact, that He wants me to have a rewarding, productive, and joy-filled life for all eternity, with Him. Sounds great!
Today’s verse tells me that He provided everything I need for that to happen “through the knowledge of Him.” Just by knowing God, I can have a rewarding, productive and joy-filled life that lasts forever.
But it’s not so easy to know someone. Just saying it doesn’t make it true. If I show up at the entrance to an exclusive event and ask to be allowed in because I know the host, that won’t get me past the velvet rope. I have to prove it somehow. I need to be on the guest list or have an invitation. Or perhaps get the host herself to wave me through. But if I’ve never met the host or spent time with her or read anything about her or attended any of her prior events… I certainly don’t know her, and she won’t be waving me in. And I won’t find myself on her guest list.
How do I get on God’s guest list? It’s simple enough. He isn’t surrounded by an entourage of body guards. He doesn’t live in a secret gated compound in the hills. God really wants me to know Him. He put a whole book together about how He pursued His people over and over again. He sent prophet after prophet to teach us about Him. Then He even sent His son. I can read all about that including His gift of salvation in the Bible. And if I accept that gift, God even comes to live in my heart. I can talk to Him at any time. And you really get to know someone when you live with them!
By reading the Bible, accepting Jesus’s gift, talking to God, and welcoming Him into my heart and daily life, I come to know God really well. And according to today’s verse, that means I will have everything I need to live a full and godly life now.
And at the end, He’ll see me at the gate and greet me with a big smile and a warm embrace saying, “Welcome, my friend!”
Dear God,
I really want to know you and have what I need to live a full and godly life now. And I very much want to be greeted as your friend for all eternity. Forgive me when I get distracted and don’t prioritize my relationship with you. Thank you so much for your forgiveness, your grace, your divine power, your love, your goodness, and your promise to provide what I need.
CamDevo 