Knowing God

“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”

John 17:3, NIV

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I spent years knowing about You.

I could quote You, defend You, preach You.

And still, in the quiet, I did not know You.

On the night before the cross, Jesus lifted His eyes to heaven and prayed. In that prayer He defined eternal life.

Not endless time. Not a reward at the end of a good life.

Knowing You.

Father, the word He used is not the knowing of a student who masters a subject. It is the knowing of a husband and wife, a mother and her child. Knowledge that comes by nearness. Knowledge that comes by staying.

You are not known by information. You are known by experience.

And notice the present tense. Eternal life is not only waiting beyond the grave. It begins the day we begin to know You.

So this journey follows the blessing Paul spoke over Corinth.

“May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”

2 Corinthians 13:14, NIV

For ten days, I will receive the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.

For ten days, I will rest in Your love.

For ten days, I will walk in the fellowship of Your Spirit.

And on the last day, I will gather it all into one blessing for the road.

Three doors into one house. And You are waiting in every room.

I offer these days to You, and to every reader who walks them with me. We will go slowly. A letter a day. A whisper to carry into the evening.

Eternal life does not wait for heaven. It begins here, with You.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Father, thank You for wanting to be known. Thank You for Jesus, Whom You sent to open the way, and for the Spirit, Who leads me in. Amen.