I Know You

I wrote this two years ago. I just stumbled on it now and was blessed after reading it. I am sharing now because it might bless one person too.

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While at work in the early hours of Monday, a "friend of the organization" came around. We all took turns in saying our "hello", " hi", "good morning" and "I'm fine" greetings.

It was nice to have him around because it had been a while we saw him.

So while exchanging pleasantries, he jokingly told a colleague of mine that he didn't know him but the colleague kept insisting that he knows him.

Since it was a joke, we all laughed over it and after a while, the greetings ended.

However, as we were laughing, I was very sad. We all laughed but my laughter was but for a moment. As I laughed, the words sank and I was really sad. I realized it wasn't a laughing matter so I decided to call our attention to it.

The friend that came visiting was like "I don't know you", while my colleague was like "I know you".

And we all burst into laughter but while laughing, the words kept echoing, it made more sense and it dawned on me that that is how some of us are. God is saying " I don't know you" but we are saying with all seriousness and honestly that "I know you, God"

Haaaaaaaaa, it is so sad. It is not enough to claim that we know God. It is not enough to claim that we do the works of God. It is not enough to say that we heal and even raise the dead in His name. We still have to know Him.

And this brought Matthew 7:21-23 to mind.

It is so sad to be saying "Lord, Lord" and He is saying "I don't know you".

It is so bitter to be saying " I prophesied in Your name Lord, " and He is saying "I don't know you"

It is totally embarrassing to be saying " I cast out demons in your name" and He is saying "I still don't know you".

It is very very sad to say "Lord, I have done wonderful works in Your name" and He is like, "I am sure I don't know you".

It is so sad to be saying "the blind saw in Your name" and all He is saying is depart from me you worker of lawlessness".

It is sad to be saying "when I preach, people are drawn to you" and He is saying "you are an evildoer"

I am sharing this with us so that we would not be alive, 'on fire for God' to men, but to God, we are dead and not being seen at all.

Enough of activities without a life with Him

Enough of works without walking with Him

Enough of running around without sitting at His feet first

Yoruba says it is what the bird has eaten that would carry d bird to fly. What have you eaten? With what are you flying? Are you flying on your strength alone? Are you doing that one thing that is needful?

It would really make no sense on the last day after all the evangelism, prayer meetings, fasting days, choir vigils, drama rehearsals, usher meetings, bible study reviews, welfare meetings, and donations, etc and God is saying 'I don't know you' or 'Get away from me you worker of iniquity'. Let's not wait until the last day. You can still make a U-turn now. He can still know you. All you need do is go back to Him, all you need do is do that one thing that is needful, all you need to is sit at His feet, all you need do is believe in Him, all you need do is fellowship with Him, all you need do is communicate with Him.

I pray God blesses us all

I pray we won't be like signboard leading people but going nowhere

I pray we won't be like the lamp that lights for others to see but the body is in total darkness

I pray that we really know the Lord to the extent that He knows us too.

Amen

#hephzibah

#lightbearer