A PERSONAL Intimate ENCOUNTER!

August 16, 2017

“He calls…by name.”

John 10:3

A PERSONAL intimate ENCOUNTER

       

When I have sadly not understood Him.  John 20:17

It is possible to know all about doctrine and not know Jesus!

Knowledge without an intimate touch of Jesus can be spiritually dangerous.  Epygnosis – experiential knowledge!

When I have stubbornly doubted.  John 20:27

Have I doubted something about Jesus-an experience that someone else has had that I haven’t?

When and how His touches come, we do not know; but when they do, they are indescribably precious…”My Lord and my God!”

When I have selfishly denied Him.  John 21:15-17

Jesus restored him privately, and then publicly.  They had a personal history, an intimate connection – a knowledge of Jesus that nothing can shake!

My Prayer: 

Lord Jesus, I have misunderstood,

doubted and denied You

in my struggles of faith;

but oh how I want the intimacy

that only Love brings and nothing can shake it.

Call my name, and give me

a moment and memory to cherish forever

so that I can live with You passionately

if I were the only one!