Reply To: Knowing God, Chapters 1 & 2

[Carolyn Hayes]

I am so glad that we are reading this book because I have been struggling with the scripture Matthew 7:21-23 where Jesus says, “Not all who call to Me, “lord, Lord! Only those who actually do the will of My Father will enter the Kingdom of Heaven.” . . . I will reply, “I never Knew you. Depart from Me. You who break God’s laws.” Satan has been tormenting me and twisting this scripture to say: “Depart from Me. I never knew you, and you never knew Me.” Therefore, reading this book is a confirmation from the Holy Spirit within me saying, “Satan has been twisting that scripture. It doesn’t say, “Depart from Me because you never knew Me; you only knew about Me.” Therefore, this book is very important to me because I know a lot about God, but, by reading this book, I want to work toward knowing God – really knowing God not merely knowing about Him. I truly want my heart to grasp God’s power and the grace He so beautifully gifted to me. I want to have a clear apprehension and a deep understanding so much so that I want to have a deep heart change caused by a longing for really knowing God. I want this book to pierce my heart and my soul so that when I meet Jesus, He will say to me, “You longed for a deep knowing of Me, a heart knowing of Me and I revealed Myself to you. I so want to know God; I really do.
With that being my goal and my heart’s desire, I want to read this book and “drink in” all that it has to offer so that I can finish this book with my heart singing, “Yes, I really do know God because my heart “gets it” . . . yes, my heart really, really gets it. Because science says that the longest distance in our bodies is the heart knowledge that gets stuck in our brains and that 18 inch distance between our brain and our heart is the greatest distance to tackle; however, I pray that Jesus gives me the wisdom to tackle the head knowledge I have about God and helps me to change that knowledge to heart knowledge. Amen and Amen.