HE KNOWS YOU

Have you thanked Him?

Have you praised Him?

Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?

Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?

1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)

^1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.

I adore Madison Carver.

Now for those of you along this DISPATCH DISTRIBUTION who have no clue who Ms. Carver is, I will tell you this. If you DON’T know her, you wish you did. Rarely do you find someone so dear, so compassionate, so reverent and so singularly focused.

Maddie is what I like to call “all in”. GOD gets her attention in the morning, she walks with Him from sun up to sun down and she trusts Him with her slumber. At the core of Maddie’s heart is a genuine fire and passion for Jesus and it is on display 24/7 365. In good times or in bad in ups or downs, Maddie just doesn’t sing it, she KEEPS Jesus at the center of her life.

So why the Maddie update today?

Maddie shared a passionate encouragement at our choir rehearsal last night; an emotional reminder of the intimate, unbridled passion that GOD has FOR US.

Confirming again that GOD does indeed KNOW us. And not casually mind you, but deeply and exhaustively. From pre-conception to when the last eulogy is read, GOD knows us.

Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you...

Yet it is easy to forget that GOD is that “invested in us”. It would seem He has too much on His plate to be THAT concerned for each of us. There is just no way He could have the bandwidth to keep up right?

Wrong.

Matthew 10:30

And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

GOD isn’t casual when it comes to us. He too is “all in”. And He desires for us to know Him like He knows us; intimately, relationally, deeply and unwaveringly. So much so that:

He knows our hurts and He wants them.

He knows are fears and He wants to dispel them.

He knows our apprehensions and doubts and He wants to quell them.

Truth be told, He knows us better that we “know us”.

Matthew 6:8

This is your Father you are dealing with, and he knows better than you what you need…

So why not trust Him today?

Why not take Him at His Word when He says He has planned your steps, knows your thoughts, and understands your trials.

Why not embrace the promise that nothing escapes His attention, His doting love or His investment in us?

Why not realize that we are...

Psalm 139:1-6

...an open book to you (GOD); even from a distance, you know what we're thinking. You know when (we) leave and when (we) get back; (we are) never out of your sight. You know everything (we are) going to say before we start the first sentence. (We) look behind (us) and you’re there, then up ahead and you’re there, too— your reassuring presence, coming and going...

That is staggering isn’t’ it?

But don’t just be in “awe”, instead embrace the intimacy!

Love Him back!

1 John 4:19

…love because he first loved us.

Share yourself with GOD. Get to know Him like He already knows you; deeply lovingly and completely! Begin this morning!

And thanks to Maddie for showing us the way.

I love you all!

Freedom Church

Pastor GDelaney