To Know Him is To Love Him

To Know Him is to Love Him is an old 50's song that kind of jumped out at me this morning. It's a great old song and kind of speaks to the heart of all of us. We all down deep inside want to know who created us as well as the world that we live in. We wonder what He is really like. We hear about him from others all the time. Preachers, teachers, evangelists always seem to portray God as something less than personal. We always hear about God in the context of what is right and what is wrong as if God wasn't interested in anything else other than our moral conduct.

Somehow we have missed the real person of the Lord. We are so caught up in translating thoughts and ideas that we miss His person. I have noticed a huge void over the years in this regard. Very few people sound like they know Him. It's kind of a mystery to me. I have fallen into the same trap myself. I have spent way to much time trying to figure things out and far too little time getting to know Him. Why do we do that? Something tells me that we don't believe that we will find Him any way. Something tells me that we are unsure about how and if He will respond to us if we seek Him out and so we ignore Him completely.

Could you imagine what would happen if we took the time that we spent attending meetings, church services, home groups, analyzing scripture, and all the other religious duties that we perform and actually spent that time seeking Him. Did you ever think that maybe we lack real faith at times because we have lost contact with Him. I'm speaking for all of us here who claim to be a christian. I rarely talk to a brother or sister in Christ anymore that have shared about their intimacy with God. I remember the days when my brothers and sisters in Christ would share with me about their time with Jesus. It would build my faith and would motivate me to get closer to Him.

Brothers and Sisters, I have concluded that many of us sorely miss our Lord and that we have wandered so far away that there is very little to hold our faith together. He is the author and finisher of our faith and by that I mean His person. To know Him is to Love Him. The opposite of not knowing Him is true as well. If we lose Him in the midst of all that we are doing we will find our heart not caring anymore and we will just be going through the motions.

Lord, Help us. We need you more than ever. Help those of us wandering to find you again.

Lord, help us to sense Psalm 23 down deep in our heart that you are our shepherd and we shall not want.