Know It All part 4
If we know love, we know it all. That's as simple as I can make it. 1 Corinthians 2:2, "For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." That's the sum total of what's important. God and people. Loving God and loving people. Loving God BY loving people. Because whatever we do unto the least of them we do unto Him. That's how this thing--this life--works. God loves us and we love Him back by loving each other. We receive and release His love. We receive it BY releasing it. We release it by receiving it. By filling ourselves up to overflowing with what God has filled us with. By letting what's already inside come out instead of trying to get something we think we haven't got. When you know what you've got you can experience and enjoy what you've got by giving it away. By sharing it. But here's what I want to focus on today: I determined not to know anything but Chirst. I made a decision that out of all the things in the world... only one thing matters. I chose--and continually choose--to set my affection on things above and not on things on the earth. There are a lot of things that can, will, and do vie for our attention. There are a lot of people out there who would rather be "right" than be kind. I'd rather have a kind word than the last word. Because people don't always need to be told how wrong they are--even if they are wrong. Sometimes they just need someone to be kind to them. It's better to know it all--that God is love and He loves you--than to be a know it all. If your goal is to be right all the time, and to show people that they are wrong all the time, then quite frankly you need a better goal. Even as a pastor I've never been one to try to push my beliefs on someone else. One of the reasons I started my own ministry was because it didn't fit into a traditional church setting and I didn't want to argue about it. I'm content to let people believe what they want to believe. I'm not worried about what you believe. I don't need you to agree with me. I think I have something to offer, which is why I Rant and write books and do videos, but if it's not for you then it's not for you. No big deal. I don't think I'm right and you're wrong, necessarily. And I can fellowship with you either way. Because the one thing I DO know, for absolute certain, is that God is love and He loves you. I determine not to know anything else. If it doesn't fit in the paradigm of "God is love and He loves you" then I'm better off not knowing it. I don't want to know it. If it doesn't fit into the ultimate truth of the universe than it doesn't have any place in my life. If it isn't the truth, logically, it's a lie. And when you know the truth, you can ignore the lie. Knowing it all isn't about being able to prove other people wrong. It is about knowing what this life is for. Knowing that only through love can we truly live. Because to live is to love and to love is to live. Life is for living. Life is for loving. That's what I know. And that's the only thing worth knowing. Worth sharing. If you know it, throw it. Don't knock people down. Love the hell out of them and build them up!