I DON’T UNDERSTAND!
If we don’t know Him NOW,
How will we know Him THEN?

         To say, “I don’t understand”, is not an excuse but an invitation to ASK for more revelation.
         Seek the Lord while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near. Draw close to God and He will draw close to you. Know Him even as you are known by Him. He reveals His secrets to those who earnestly seek to know Him.
         Once again, God’s Words flow from the Bible; scriptures written on my heart, making connections as one having a conversation with another.

         “Thy Word have I hid in mine heart….” (Psalms 119:11.)

         “It is written.” The words He gives me are His Words. They are recorded in the Bible and can be found by looking in your concordance.
         As the Lord has me search for a special scripture in my cherished small Bible, given to me by my earthly father when I was eighteen years old, the scriptures are so familiar that I receive whole lessons just by running down this list. I am filled and inspired by just a few words because I have the rest of those scriptures stored in my heart. In this, God is revealing to me even more, the answer to a prayer I prayed for years, not quite understanding it’s full meaning.
         I could never remember the exact “addresses” (scripture and verse), but I could remember what my Lord said…because it was written on my heart and the Holy Spirit brought it to me, as needed.
         As I was reading Daniel this morning I noticed in Chapter 12, verse 8, where Daniel said, “And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, ‘O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?”
         At this point I realized how freely the prophets were able to say, “I don’t understand.” And with the same freedom before God, they were able to ASK for more revelation of what God was showing them. They desired to understand His plan.
         Learning from God’s Word, that I have the “mind of Christ”, I must now admit that this can have more than one meaning. The “Baby Food” I ate was good because it was simple and accepting  and TRUE. But there is more to this than what first meets the eye.
         With my True Confession that “I have the mind of Christ”, a little glitch in my knowledge made me think I should not need to ASK for more revelation: that, like a child in school, I should not raise my hand and admit, “I don’t understand this yet.”
         No. The teacher would say to put my hand down and not interrupt the class by asking questions. So, I would keep my mouth shut, try to move on to the next level of whatever we were studying…leaving a blank space in my learning process.
         But, Praise God, in my private classroom, I can raise my hand any time I wish. I have the “freedom” to interrupt my Teacher and tell Him,

“I don’t quite understand. Would you please explain that again? I have a need to know.”

         Our Heavenly Father smiles and is delighted when, in our humility, we admit there are things we do not know. He graciously says, “ASK and ye shall receive.” (Matthew 21:22, John 16:24).
         Yes, there are many things stored up for us in the Mind of Christ, and He will gladly share what they are as our fellowship with Him becomes more and more one of Love and Trust. The better we get to know Him, and Who He really is, the more we will understand and experience the blessings that come from having the same Mind of Christ. (I Corinthians 2:16). We have the mind of Christ so that He can instruct us. 

         “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 2:5).

            In Daniel 12:4 God tells Daniel that in the End Times: “Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.”
         And in verse 10, He says: “Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.”
         And who are the wise, other than those who have the mind of Christ? And those, who, in humility, are Free to Ask? Those who, in humility, are willing to admit they do not know everything, but they TRUST that God does, and He is excited about His children who will spend special time in His presence: those who will even say, “Lord, I don’t understand.  Would You, Who knows everything, please explain it to me?”
         Even if you ask the same question over and over again, I believe the Love and Patience of God, is gentle and willing to explain the answer to your questions.
         All we have to do is ASK in sincerity; then Listen in Faith.

HOW SHALL WE KNOW HIM THEN
IF
WE DON’T KNOW HIM NOW?

         By the way, I keep hearing in my spirit: “He’s Coming! He’s Coming! He’s Coming!” There’s not room or time this morning to tell you the things our dear Holy Spirit is speaking to my heart…but He wants us to be ready and looking for His Return.
         He doesn’t want me to be the one to tell you. He wants to speak to your heart for Himself. I believe that all over the world, our Lord is speaking to His children; those who have the mind of Christ. He will call each one by name and say: “Come Brent. Come Sugar. Come Linda. Come Jan. Come Janie. Come G.F.. Come Patty. (insert your name here ________.” All those who know His name; all those who hear His voice. They will know Him because they have the mind of Christ.
         That’s what He wants for us…to recognize His voice when He calls and recognize Him when we see Him coming in the clouds. He wants us to KNOW Him NOW…so we will know Him when he comes for us.
          “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is”. (I John 3:2).
         The final promise of Christ in the Bible (Revelation 22:20), is that His return is imminent. In the next to last verse in the Bible, Jesus says: 

“Surely I come quickly.”

And the Believers response is simply:

“Come Lord Jesus.”
Salvation Prayer

         If you don’t know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the greatest Friend you will ever have. As you say these words, if you’ll believe them with your heart you will be born again. (Romans 10:9-10).
         “Jesus come into my life. Forgive me of all my sins. I ask You to cleanse my heart, and make me a new person in You right now. I believe that You are the Son of God and that You died on the cross for me. Jesus, I want to thank You for loving me enough to die for me. I accept all that Your shed blood bought for me on the cross, and I receive You as my Savior and Lord. In Your name I pray. Amen.”
            If you’ve just prayed this prayer, congratulations! You are born again, a “new creature in Christ” and as, 2 Corinthians 5:17 in the New Testament says, “…Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”  You now have a whole new life with Jesus to look forward to starting NOW. Your slate is clean before God. Your spirit has been reborn because of Christ’s great sacrifice and love for you. 

[Note to readers: I know that most of you have already asked Jesus into your heart to be your Lord. But, just in case, someone has not, I want them to have this opportunity to KNOW Jesus. Then when He comes they will know Him even as He knows them now.]

   

“COME LORD JESUS"