Does God Know You?

This may seem a strange question, but Sir/Madam, when I saw you, the burden on my heart was whether you stood in an approved relationship with God our Maker, with whom we all have to do. One day, we will all have to stand before the Judge and give an account of our lives on this earth. Some of us may then say, “Lord, Lord, we have done many good deeds, and even miracles, and also preached and prophesied in your name”. But will He answer in response that He recognises and own us? Or will He sadly say, “I never knew you, depart from me, you workers of iniquity”?

To have a two-way personal relationship with God means we have to know God in a personal experiential way and He in turn would know and own us as His blood-bought children. Please let me elaborate.

To know God, we must recognise that God is not a lifeless and dumb idol but is the
True and Living God Who loves and cares for us
Idols, images and icons may have eyes, but they cannot see; mouths, but they cannot speak; and hands but they cannot move. God made us and we have eyes and can see. Can God not see? We have mouths and can speak; can God not speak to our hearts? We have hands and can move. Is God’s hand so short that He cannot save us? Hence in the Ten Commandments, God says, “I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.” (Exodus 20:2-6). This first commandment is also summed up as “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” (Deuteronomy 6:5, Mark 12:30).

If you have been worshipping idols or had been superstitious or have a low view of Almighty God, may God grant that you repent quickly and turn back towards Him for forgiveness and healing. May you recognise the True and Living God, Who from heaven has clearly revealed His eternal power and Godhead to all men, even through the creation of the world. When you consider the stars and moon, and all that God has created, may you realise you have no excuse to say, “I did not know God.”