Fear No Fear

(All scripture from Lexham English Bible, Copyright 2012 Logos Bible Software)

“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”

John 17:3

In 1951,the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I had a song in it sung by the woman hired to be governess to the king of Siam’s children. It’s all about her having the opportunity to have a warm relationship with the kids and the wives of the king. The lyrics include this: ‘Getting to know you,/Getting to feel free and easy./When I am with you,/Getting to know what to say./Haven’t you noticed?/Suddenly I’m bright and breezy/Because of all the beautiful and new/Things I’m learning about you/Day by day’. It’s a pretty accurate picture of both the beginning of a relationship and its ultimate purpose. Getting to know each other so that you are free and easy in each other’s presence. This is the kind of relationship that Adonai wishes to have with us. To KNOW us as we are KNOWN.

“Therefore Yahweh waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he will rise up to show you mercy, for Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him” (Isaiah 30:18). Adonai SEEKS us. Not seeking to find where we are. Adonai seeks our HEARTS. He seeks heart to heart fellowship. He is the King of the Universe, Creator of All Things, and the Righteous and Holy One Above All. But He ALSO wants to talk with you. Spend time with you. Fellowship with you. He loves you and wants to see that love returned. When we love Adonai back, it BLESSES Him (Psalm 145:10). THAT is what He wants. It is THE reason that ANYTHING was created in the first place (Revelation 4:11). This is what Adonai wanted and He arranged things so that we can experience it. Jesus was willing to give up His life for us BEFORE creation was created (Revelation 13:8). That’s how much He loved us. He was willing to die before we had a chance to be good OR bad. He was willing to give ALL sight unseen. That’s really something.

This is the person we have been ‘wed’ to. A marriage arranged in Heaven, but that we agreed to. Now we’re married. We’re together. We’re going to spend every day together. In the same rooms. At the same meals. Over and over again. For the rest of our lives. Daunting when you don’t know the person. And the only solution is to take the TIME and spend the EFFORT to get to know them. There is no way around it. We can be ‘wed’ and strangers, or we can be ‘wed’ and know our partner very well. The choice is up to us. But if we want a marriage that has the most possibilities, we’ll get to know the person we are with. Learn their likes and dislikes. Learn how they like to be spoken to. Learn how they want to be shown love and care. Learn how they want to show them. Learn what blesses them and teach them what blesses you. We don’t do these things to be happy. Our partners will NOT make us happy. We do these things, we get to know them, so that as we are happy with Jesus, we can intimately participate in THAT happiness together – and not be doing things that will pull us out of that viewpoint and focus on our flesh. The same is true about living with Jesus. We get our happiness from the Father and we MUST learn to co-exist with Jesus, getting to know Him so that as we are happy with the Father, we can intimately participate in THAT happiness together with Jesus through Ruach HaKodesh.

Having Ruach HaKodesh as our partner in this ‘marriage’ means we are living with a marriage counsellor at the same time as our spouse. Able to translate Jesus’ words to us – as well as remind us of everything He has ever said to us – He is invaluable to us. Adonai already knows us as well as anyone can know anyone (Psalm 73:23-26; 139:1-18). But if WE don’t spend time talking with Him, we’ll never know who HE is. That’s a reason Ruach HaKodesh was given to us. So that He could dwell with us, guide us, correct us, teach us, and lead us into the fullness of the love that Jesus has for us (Ephesians 3:19). Not intellectually, but experientially. Not head-knowledge, but living -together knowledge. Getting to know Jesus for who He is, what He likes, how He speaks, how He blesses, and how He wants to be blessed. The whole picture. We are brides of Jesus and we NEED to take the time to know who Jesus is if we want the full benefits of living with Him. Be a communicator. Don’t be a stranger. Get to KNOW Jesus. Intimately.

Daily Affirmation of the Goodness of Elohim: John 14:23

“Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and will take up residence with him.” We are not unwanted, uninvited, always forgotten, wallflowers. We are cherished, loved, and looked for. Adonai is EAGER to have a relationship with us. Adonai is EAGER for us to allow Him to be Lord and Saviour to us so that He can open up the doors of eternity and start spending it with us in abundant life (John 10:10; 17:3). It is the KNOWLEDGE of Adonai that is eternal life. It is what we should be striving to achieve. We can’t MAKE it happen, but we can FELLOWSHIP it into happening. He isn’t playing keep away. He isn’t ghosting us. He is HOLY GHOSTING us, giving us Ruach HaKodesh to guide us into ALL truth and ALL love and ALL of Him. He wants to transform our lives from pale and ordinary to a colourful banquet of JOY, HEALTH, KINDNESS, LOVE, and everything good that is in between. Adonai is looking to come in and break bread together. Welcomed as family, acknowledged as Lord. He wants to bring into our lives all that He is, so we can become just like Him (2 Corinthians 5:21). What a GOOD God!

Your Daily Confession of Elohim’s Goodness:

I taste and see that Yahweh is good; I am blessed because I take refuge in Him.

Psalm 34:8