What if someone knew everything about you?
Posted on August 26, 2009 by Pastor Tom
If someone knew absolutely everything about you, do you think they’d change their opinion about you? I was studying that most famous love chapter in 1 Corinthians 13. You know “Love is patient, love is kind. .” But I was in the “unfamous part.” Near the end of the unfamous part, the author (Apostle Paul) writes this statement “Then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”
“Then” refers to the end of time when Christ comes back and ushers in the new age. He points to some sort of greater knowing that will be given at that point. But the last phrase really got me – “even as I am fully known.” Who knew Paul fully, completely and totally? God!
How would you feel about someone who knew you fully? I mean, I don’t even know myself fully. I let other people know a little bit about me. My wife knows much more about me than most people (and still stays with me – thanks L!) But I spend a lot of time ensuring others see the best part of me and don’t see the worst side. I honestly don’t want others to know me fully.
Yet God already does. “Even as I am fully known.” Not “even as I one day will be known.” But “even as I am fully and completely known by God today!” And despite all that God knows about me, He continues to love me and do His good work in me.
Whoa! That’s scary, amazing and humbling. God can handle who we really are! And He still calls to us, invites us to Himself and loves us.
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