Knowledge is Power part 4
What it really kind of comes down to is this: If you know what you've got, you can USE what you've got. If you don't, you can't. And when we're talking about Spiritual things then we're talking about the gift of God. And if we're talking about the gift of God then we're talking about eternal life. And if we're talking about eternal life... "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent" (John 17:3). Knowing the Father in the context of being His Son. Knowing God and knowing yourself. Your TRUE self. Who you are in Christ, which is who Christ is in you. That's the most powerful thing in the world you can know. That's the ultimate truth of the universe. The Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into His hands. God loves YOU and has given YOU all things. All things that pertain to life and godliness. Everything we need to stop trying to be someone we're not and start to walk in newness of life. Everything we need to BE who we are. Because in just the same way that you can't give what you don't have... you can't be who you are unless you KNOW who you are. That's why the Holy Spirit testifies of our true identity by testifying of Jesus. Jesus IS our true identity. The inner man. The hidden man of the heart. God in the flesh. Love in a body. God in YOUR flesh. Love in YOUR body. And knowing that love is in there is what allows it to come out. Not trying to get it, but knowing the truth that you already have it. That's the difference between works and labor, and rest. That's the difference, quite literally, between death and life. If you know love you can live. Because to live is to love and to love is to live. You can't have one without the other because they are the same thing. Knowing the truth is what let's you ignore the lie. And notice I didn't say fight the lie. Lies only have power when you don't know the truth. One of my favorite verses (I know, I know, they're all my favorite) in the book of Hebrews is Hebrews 12:1, "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us." Don't fight it. Don't drag it along behind you letting it pull you down. Just lay it aside. Just ignore the lie. Ignore the world screaming at you and listen to the still, small voice inside of you. God's voice. Speaking the Word. Which is Jesus. Which is love. Speaking love with every beat of God's heart in your chest. And then, when you lay everything else aside, you can run the race. With patience. Not running to try to get something. But running because you've got something. Starting at the finish line and then helping others to get there too. Because when you KNOW something--with an experiential, heart knowledge--that's when you can USE that knowledge. If you know it, throw it. If you've been there, show someone else the way. (The Way.) Knowledge is power. And the more you know the more you can do. When you know better, you can do better. So don't be afraid to make mistakes along the way. LEARN from them. Have patience. With yourself AND others. And run the race. Because its worth it. And its not the destination. Its the journey!