VALUE OF KNOWING JESUS

Psalm 40:1-3  “I waited patiently for the LORD; He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.”  

The most powerful truths are revealed in the darkest times. In fact, pain intensifies our need for God and can be counted as a blessing.

God knows. God hears. God will breathe life into the right choices that we make.

How we respond to pits and pain is our choice.

• We can surrender to the darkness and create an identity that feels at home in a pit or we can embrace the pain and learn from it.‎
• We can settle for a life defined by pain or we can harness the power of our pain and use it for good.
• We can try to ignore the pain and hope it all goes away or we can face it and let God heal the broken places.

Everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ” (Philippians 3:8).

You’re never going to become a friend of God in your spare time. You have to make knowing God your number one priority in life. read John 17:3.

Are you doing that? Are you seeking God with all your heart every day?

Remember: You are as close to God as you choose to be. You’re going to become a friend of God when you want to become a friend of God.

You can’t blame anybody else. You can’t blame your wife, your husband, your parents, or your kids. You are as close to God as you want to be. And if you feel far from God, guess who moved?

You didn’t make him the number one priority of your life.

Knowing and loving God is our greatest privilege. And being known and being loved by God is our greatest pleasure.

I’ve noticed that you can tell what’s important to people by what they brag about.

• If their kids are most important, they brag about their kids.
• If their job is the most important thing in their life, they brag about their job.
• If travel and having experiences is most important, that’s what they talk about.
• If partying or buying new clothes is what you talk about most, guess what you value most?
• If playing videos is what you spend time on, guess what you value most?
• If talking about hobbies or sports all the time, guess what you value most?
• You brag about what you value most. see Jeremiah 9:23,

Why? Because that’s what life is all about. Knowing God is what matters most.

The God of the Universe loves you and wants to have a relationship with you. ‎God shows no favoritism! Rom. 2:11.

Getting close to God will give you peace and perspective. Now that’s Good News!  Amen