Heart Knowledge part 2
The heart wants what it wants. And even more than that... the heart KNOWS what it wants. The heart leaps when it encounters itself. That's what it means when we say the deep calls out to the deep. Not all of this surface stuff that we so often, and so easily, get caught up in, but the deep stuff. The real stuff. The love stuff. I'm telling you, at the very bottom, most basic level it's all about love. Love is the desire of the heart. And it's only when we delight ourslelves in the Lord that we "get" the desire of our heart. I put "get" in quotes because the truth is, just like in the Wizard of Oz, we already have everything we're looking for. It's not until we delight ourselves in the Lord that we begin to truly understand that He IS the desire of our heart. The heart desires love. God is love. When we delight in Him we UNDERSTAND the desire of our heart. We get past head knowledge--knowing ABOUT God--and into heart knowledge--KNOWING God. Knowing LOVE. Knowing it (Him) in an experiential way. Through relationship. And in knowing (and beleiving) what we have... we can share what we have. Receive it and release it. Fill ourselves to overflowing with what we've been filled with. Apprehend what we've been apprehended of. Test the height, and length, and depth, and breadth of God's love for us by using it on each other. Loving each other bigger and bolder than ever before. Loving each other without fear. Without even thinking about it. Because it's natural. Because it's our nature. When we start to follow our heart we can trust that we'll get where we're supposed to go. Because whatever is in your heart... how do you think it got there? Remember Philippians 2:13 in the NLT? "For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him." The desire comes from Him! And the power to do it comes from Him. HE is working in you. From the inside out. An outpouring of the indwelling Spirit. Loving one another as Jesus loves us. Letting His love guide the way. His Word (which is LOVE) is a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path, right? When you don't know what to do... do what you know. LOVE. But it comes from KNOWING (and believing) that you ARE loved. That you are LOVE. It doesn't come from the head. It comes from the heart. As a man thinketh in his HEART, so is he. That's your true identity. The inner man. The hidden man of the heart... who is no longer hidden. Christ in you, the hope of glory, coming OUT of you because you know and believe He's in there. Because you're not trying to be someone you're not. Because you're in a posture of rest that lets you flow. Like a river of living water for those who are thirsty. Meeting other people's needs because your own have been met. Giving what you've got because you know how good it is and because you know other people need it. Knowing all of these things with a knowledge that passes knowledge. A heart knowledge!