John 17:3 "Now this is eternal live; that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent."
Blackaby must have been writing directly to me in today's entry when he wrote, "You may become discouraged because the truths you read about in the Bible are much richer than the reality of your own experience." While discouraged may not describe my spiritual walk, the sentiment of Blackaby's entry applies. The hallelujah joy of Christianity has eluded me. The stormy-weather-stern sleep is not forthcoming. (Mark 4:38)
Blackaby goes on to write that experience is the only way we can really know God. "Don't settle for a head knowledge of God's love." (This next line is one of my favorite Blackaby lines so far.) "Bring your experience up to the standard of Scripture, never reduce Scripture to the level of your experience."
I agree with Blackaby on the experience vs knowledge argument. But the frustration is how do I get that experiential knowledge of God? In my safe, secure physical existence where do I find that level of knowledge that transcends the mental forays into scripture?
Luckily Blackaby provides an answer to those questions. "If you sense there are biblical truths that you are not experiencing, keep the truth before you and ask God to bring it into your everyday experience. Ask God if there are any adjustments you need to make in order to receive His promise. Don't give up on the promises of God, stay with them until you are fully experiencing them." (italics mine)
Please pray for me that I will first have a head knowledge of what Christ wants for me, then that I will be diligent in the spiritual disciplines in order that I may experience those truths on a day-by-day, minute-by-minute way.
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