acknowledging & knowing

Having just an awareness of Christ and living contrary to His standards wasn’t His original idea

Acknowledgement and knowing have a stark contrast yet in the context of God, we think there is a grey area. Many people, if not the majority, acknowledge there is a God and know that He most likely exists. However, only a few, know Him in the ways He desires for us to know Him. The nature of God carries an infiniteness that might not permit us to ever fully know Him in His entirety. Nonetheless, there is a knowing He desires that is initiated by submission and commitment. And that’s where many of us get it wrong.

We think that just acknowledging him warrants us the privileges the Bible spells out: eternal life in heaven. Unfortunately, it was not designed that way.

God desires something greater than an acknowledgement. He desires a knowing where there is a continuous unveiling of His nature, further establishing a newly birthed relationship between Him and His creation.

And sometimes I think we think that we do God a favour when we decide to take steps to acknowledge Him more in our lives. First of all, the acknowledgement is below the bare minimum in His curriculum. Secondly, knowing God beyond the superficialities is for your good. Whether we decide to commit our lives to God or not, He remains God. Our commitment and His sovereignty are mutually exclusive. However, there is a certain dimension of defeat and disadvantage one places oneself in when disconnected from the Lord.

One thing we must always bear in mind is that the devil exists. Satan is real and he hates everybody. His goal is to destroy everything and everyone. There is One name He cannot oppose and that is the name of Jesus. Those who are committed and submitted to the Lord will constantly find themselves on the upper hand because they have an established communion with the Lord. But the one who just acknowledges God lacks that knowing and that intimacy so defeat is inevitable.   

The point I am driving at is that you cannot just acknowledge God. You are robbing yourself. He did not create you for you to call on Him once in a while and treat Him as some ornament in your life you use to beautify your days but He has no role in the actual construction. No, no He is the author, He is the One who must orchestrate it all. I think it’s blasphemous for us to carry the name of Christ but our lives and conduct display zero commitment to Him and His ways.

Let’s go beyond acknowledging, let’s get to know Him/ on a deeper level