DAY 40 – THE SECRET OF BEHOLDING JESUS
It is quite expedient that as believers, while coming to the bible to gain insight or to learn the truth and principles of it, not only should we come with our physical body, our hearts should also be inclusive as there’s so much we can gain from the scriptures,even God himself can be gained. The true riches are to be found in beholding and knowing the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Pharisees made a deadly error in how they approached the Scriptures. They dissected Scripture cognitively, but they didn’t seek the heart behind the truths revealed, and thus they came to know the Book but not the Author. Right from time,the pictures have always been intended to direct our hearts to a person.
It is possible we read the Bible from pages to pages and never get to know the Lord. Even though Jesus is pointed to on almost every single page, it’s possible to read the words and never develop a burning-heart relationship with Him.
We ought not come to the Scriptures just to gain knowledge about a Book; rather, we ought to come to the Scriptures to gain knowledge about a Person and that is Jesus Christ. While reading,you can have a dynamic and living encounter with the person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Don’t come to the word out of the mind of a daily routine to tick your to do list of daily reading a chapter, don’t come merely to master spiritual principles or to glean clever insights; come to gaze upon the majesty and mystery of the ever loving father, the One who has captured your heart! He waits for you behind the veil, watching to reward those who pant and yearn for Him as for springs of living water. Come with a cry in your heart to see Him and know Him. With a tiny breath of His Spirit on a single word of Scripture, He can set your heart on fire with fresh revelation of His power and glory.
In our pursuit of knowing God,there are possibilities of these three things;
• We can know the Scriptures but not the power of God.
• We can know the power of God but not the Scriptures.
• We can know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Prayer should be where and when we can express our love according to how we have come to know Him. Prayer is love exchanged. But if we are to come to know Him better, we must approach His word and behold Him there. To know more of Christ requires revelation, and revelation usually requires constant meditation in the word.
The more you see of Jesus in His word, the more you realize that He is nothing like you. But when you see Him in His uniqueness, this is the very thing that should draw you most passionately into His heart. You’ll discover that you are naturally attracted to that which is different from you(as the saying goes, opposites attract). Jesus is stunning in His singular beauty and matchless majesty. What a privilege you have to come to the secret place and gaze upon Him in the Scriptures, forever fascinated with the adventure of growing in the knowledge of Him who died for you.
