I Want to Know Him

"I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead." Philippians 3:10,11

Today is the day to get serious about Jesus! We’ve seen too much of superficial, shallow Christians. God is calling His church to a “deeper walk”, to grow beyond our first love without leaving it.

Now, I would venture to say that this is what everyone of us wants...however, just wanting something doesn’t get it done. It does require desire, but it also requires a plan, discipline, doing your part, accountability to keep the path.

The emphasis of our world is to move faster and as a result we stay shallow, but my desire is to know Jesus more personally and intimately than I ever have. How about you?

So, we know what’s wrong, how do we change it? How do we become more intimate in our walk with the Lord? How do we truly "KNOW" Him?

Well, let’s look at what “intimacy” is… The state of being intimate, belonging to or characterizing one’s deepest nature. Intimacy is marked by a very close association, contact or familiarity. Relationally, intimacy is a warm and satisfying friendship developing through long association on a very personal and private level.

We can see that Intimacy is one of those things that is both the goal and the process. You have to be committed to the process in order to ever achieve the goal

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You can’t just get there. It takes time.

I am challenged that in order for me to become more intimate with the Lord, it will require more of a disciplined walk . I want us to see that if Intimacy is the goal, the end, if you will... than discipline is the means.

Paul told Timothy in 1 Tim. 4:7, “Discipline yourself for the purpose of Godliness.”

So, then what is discipline? Chuck Swindoll explained it this way...“Training that corrects and perfects our mental faculties and molds our moral character. Discipline is control gained by enforced obedience. It is the deliberate cultivation of inner order.”

I love that… “Inner Order”. Is your life ordered? Is it balanced, solid, grounded? What are we doing to “cultivate” that?

When we are “ordered” on the inside, it really doesn’t matter what is taking place around us, we are “Deep” because we really know Him.

Blessings,
Pastor B