To know HIM is to Love HIM

The Teddy Bears Sang a song… “To Know Him is to Love Him.”

It’s a cute little song that I’ve always loved, but be careful… it gets stuck in your head.

A friend of mine messaged me at work the other day and asked if I was out walking the trails. They had seen me from afar and thought it was me by the way I walked… They said I had a distinctive walk.

It’s true, my walk is distinctive.. Half Strut and Half Limp…LOL

I’ve known this person for years and we’ve walked, talked, and spent time together.

So, by knowing my “walk” they could spot me from a mile a way. 

In my studies this week, I have been praying and reading about knowing God and discerning what is of God and what is not.

There are so many theologies, religions, beliefs and dis-beliefs today, that we get bombarded with information and can get confused on what God wants, says, or even where He is.

John 10:3-5

Jesus Said: “The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”

Later on in this chapter he says “I am the Gatekeeper… I am the Good Shepherd.”

There doesn’t have to be confusion when it comes to knowing God. Walk, Talk, and Spend time with Him and you will Know His voice, His ways, His will and His walk.

“… his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger…”

~adam

"I Can’t Find You"

As I listen to my kids play and run around the house, I can’t help but laugh at some of the issues they encounter. One issue that keeps occurring is when they separate and can’t find each other… One will call out for the other over and over, not taking a break in between yelling to hear the other one answer.  Being older and wiser (sarcasm) I try to explain to them to WAIT a second after you yell out to allow the other to answer… Listen.   I know this lesson far to well.

Matthew 7:7,8 teaches us: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.”

So why do we run into the frustrations of asking and searching but not finding or receiving? For me, I’m not sure I take the time to listen.

David tells us “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your hear: wait, I say, on the LORD.” Psalm 27:14

Are you calling out for answers? Searching? Call out! Ask! Search! But then… Wait.

~adam

“I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry.” Psalm 40:1