The Christian life is a journey of knowing God more deeply, and being known by him even more completely. It is an intimate relationship with the one who created us and loves us beyond measure. To be fully known by Christ and to know him fully can seem like an unreachable goal, yet it’s something that every Christian should strive for. In this article, we will explore what it means to be fully known by Christ and how to know him fully in return.
1 Corinthians 13:12 NASBS
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
Here we are talking about Paul, who wrote half of the New Testament. And he says that knows in part, like a dim mirror.
I shake on the inside when I read this. Paul is the one who said that he considered everything in his life nothing so that he can know Jesus and experience the power of His resurrection.
This is the man who understood that things the eyes do not see, the ears do not hear and haven’t been to a man’s heart are the things God wants to reveal to us through His Spirit.
This is the man who spoke of the third Heaven and of being revealed things he would not even dare to share in order to not look bigger than he already was.
This is the man who saw Jesus in vision, that studied at the feet of Gamaliel, the great Jewish teacher, that walked with Peter and was amongst the apostles.
This is the man responsible for the gospel to expand exponentially through planting churches everywhere he went.
This is the man who spoke about the heights and depths of the unmeasurable love of God.
This is the man who suffered more than any other for the sake of the gospel and yet, here he is saying that he is only seeing as in a dim mirror.
One day, and what a glorious day, he will know, we will know, as we are fully known.
Until there, there is so much more to explore and to know and to receive and to be revealed to those who are hungry for more.
If Paul, the apostle, could say that what He knows and has seen is like seeing in a dim mirror, them I can clearly say:
There is so much more! So much more! So much more!
Healings, mysteries, intimate revelations, on a personal level and on a church level!
There is so much more salvation and church plantings, and discipleship and invasions of His Presence! There is so much more! So much more! So much more!
Let us abide in this place of humility and hunger and expectation for more of God’s wonders on this s Earth and for His full revelation one day when Christ Jesus appear on the clouds of Glory.
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