Just Ask Jesus: How Can we Truly Know You Jesus?

Do you know God?  I mean really know Him? How can you know that you know Him?   I was meditating on Titus 1:16a, “They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny Him.”

Jesus, show me the difference between someone who thinks they know You and someone who really knows You.

The difference is one knows about Me and the other knows Me intimately.   Let Me show you what I mean. 

Jesus showed me a man in the desert.  He had chapped lips and a distressed look on his face.  He looks frantic because he thinks he sees water. But he keeps walking and walking and realizes that it was only a mirage.  There was no real water.  Only something that looked like water.  It’s good to know what water looks like.  It’s better to be able to drink some when you are thirsty!

To learn about Me is like showing a hungry and thirsty man a picture of a wonderful banquet but, there is nothing to actually eat or drink. Seeing the picture may bring some benefits, but he is left ultimately unsatisfied.  The actual need is unfulfilled.  This is what it is like to only learn about Me. 

The spiritual need to know Me is even stronger than that man’s physical need for water.  A mirage is an illusion; a trick of the eye caused by light refraction and heat waves.  Knowing only about Me is a trick too. You think you know me because of what you have read or heard about Me.    But, knowing about Me doesn’t fool the soul.  The soul knows its need for the True God. 

To truly satisfy the hunger and thirst in your soul, you must drink deeply of the Living Water, My Spirit.  Water is refreshing, rejuvenating and restores more than you can see and feel.  Come and drink deeply the Living Water.  You must eat the food of My presence.    I gained you direct access to the Father by way of the indwelling Holy Spirit by my work on the cross when the curtain of the Holy of Holies was ripped from top to bottom. (Mark 15:38)  You must seek my direct presence. Do not neglect this privilege. 

It is an incredible privilege Lord, and You are accessible to all believers.  Thank you for this amazing opportunity God.  We should not take it lightly.   I can enter your presence by praise and worship, meditating on the Word and by dialogue journaling.  I quiet myself down, tune to the flow of the Holy Spirit and allow You speak through the eyes of my heart and the ears of my heart so You can  show me or tell me what You most want me to understand about You.

Yes.  Spend time with Me.  Consider John 17:3 “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”  To know someone is an intimate thing.  To know of something or someone implies knowledge from a distance.  It is not My desire for you to know Me distantly or haphazardly in a third party sort of way as in only through the work of a pastor or a preacher. You cannot know Me without personally drawing close to Me.  It is through steady communion with Me; Father, Son and Holy Spirit that you will truly Know Me.  Knowing leads to trusting, believing and obeying which are fruits of the eternal life you now have.

It’s  just like knowing anyone personally.  In order to trust someone, I need to spend time with them to learn who they are and if I can rely on them.  After some time, if I feel safe, I tend to want to spend more time and then come to trust them.  I spend the most time with people that I like to be around; people who build me up, encourage me and show me love.  No one does that better than You Lord!

Yes.  Another way to describe it is the difference between knowing in your head, and knowing and surrendering in your heart.  James 2:19 “You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.”  The demons know who I AM, of course.  But, they do not accept and surrender to Me and have no intimate relationship with Me.  This is an important distinction.  Remember, I live in your heart, not in your head. 

Yes. Lord.  I can see the difference.

Every time you take a drink today, spend time reflecting on the Living Water and come and fellowship with Me.   Tune to Me in the quiet and listen for My voice.  Seek Me and you will find Me.  Spend time getting to know Me.  Ask Me to show you things. I certainly have a lot to show you!    It’s My heart’s desire to spend time with you too!  Communing with Me is the only way for your spiritual hunger and thirst to be satisfied.  This is how you truly know Me!