Today my Dad opened our worship service with the idea of knowing God, the Father. He told the story of the father with two sons (one being the prodigal). The youngest hadn't known the Father before he left and squandered all his riches and the elder didn't truly know and understand the heart of the Father when he brought back the youngest son.
Knowing God. Not just knowing about him, but truly understanding him as a friend and Father. His idea brought a random movie scene to my mind. And to those who know me well, this happens often.
I thought of Elf (the movie). The part when Will Ferrell, Buddy, hears that Santa's coming and he shouts across the store excitedly, "SANTA!!! I know him! I KNOW him!" He had the childlike mindset of knowing Santa. Everybody else obviously knew about him, but he KNEW him.
Ok so Santa is obviously not equal to God and hopefully we're not like Will Ferrell in that sense, but I'm talking about his innocent excitement of KNOWING Santa.
How much more excited can we be? We KNOW the Creator, the Messiah, the King of Kings! I KNOW Him! That blows my mind.
The only thing is... I want to know Him more.
Who would ever say to a friend, "Ok, I think I know you enough so let's just stick to me coming to you whenever I feel like it ok? Great."
No! Unless somebody was a terrible friend, they would never say that! People want to spend more time with their friends, get to know them better, enjoy the time spent with them. In that way I want to get to know my Lord, I'm so glad that there's no "limit."
Only don't expect to see me in a green costume shouting, "I KNOW Him!" through the stores. :)
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