G od ’ s W ord records the wonderful heart cry of Paul. It is one we, too, should have. The problem is we are usually busy with our business and other activities so that we don’t have time for the Lord. In Philippians 3:10 we read that explanation, “That I may know him.” Those five words' tell us exactly what kind of a person the Apostle was. He didn’t ask for a great following or anything else of this world which we might consider to be essential. All he desired was a living, vital, intimate relationship to the Lord Jesus. He was already a be liever, and the Holy Spirit had since used him to bring us some wonderful truths of the Saviour. Yet, what a desire he had to know the Lord Jesus in a continually new way. I wonder if that could be our heart’s cry as well. None of us has ever found out all there is to know about the Lord. Most of us have hardly started. I don’t suppose many of you read ing this know the President. Perhaps you are not even acquainted with the governor of your state. There may be other human figures whom you would like to know. But when you find out all there is about various personali ties, there is only discouragement as you are confronted with their weak nesses and failures. You don’t have to live with a person very long before you know What they are really like. Christ, however, will never be a dis appointment for He is the perfect Son of God. I remember one day, when I was dictating a letter in my office, my secretary said, “Dr. Wilson, I don’t think you should send this letter. It doesn’t sound like you.” Well, it per haps was rough correspondence, and maybe I didn’t feel just right that day. I was thankful she had enough concern to warn me before It could have been too late. I tore up the letter, and I have been glad ever since. The
more we get to know the Lord, how ever, the more we love Him. We marvel a t His infinite grace and love. Think of Peter when he denied the Lord. Coming to the realization of what he had done, do you think Christ bawled him out? No, He rather took him back in love. He asked, “Simon Peter, lovest thou me?” As this question was asked three times, it finally broke Peter’s heart. The Lord had a human right to scold Peter, and yet He didn’t. If we just knew Christ better, we would never find our hearts in despair. No one is ever exempt, for the Lord loves even the hard cases. He doesn’t give up when we would do so in our own lives. There is nothing that can separate us from the love of Christ. The Scriptures promise this. He loved us when we were wicked and He brought us to Himself. Is He going to love us any the less afterwards? Of course not. After we get saved are we any worse than before? No, for if Christ took us in because we were good, then He would have to “kick us out” when we were bad. This is not the way He operates. Words are inade quate to express how wicked we are as sinners, yet Christ still died for us. Christ wants you to know what kind of a Lord He is. “The blood of Jesus Christ, his (God’s) Son, cleans- eth us from all sin.” The original means, “He keeps on cleansing us.” He is the One who gives us a mes sage to tell other people. He is the only One to whom we can falk about the heathen. There is no one else for us to tell them about. He is the only One who can meet the need of the lost. How can you possibly talk to others, however, without knowing Him bet ter than you do now? He Wants to give you life more abundant which will be meaningful to others. He gives you the kind of life that prepares you for eternity. Here and now we have 5
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