KEY SCRIPTURE:2 Timothy 1:12
“And this is why I am suffering as I do. Still I am not ashamed, for I know (perceive, have knowledge of, and am acquainted with) Him Whom I have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on), and I am [positively] persuaded that He is able to guard and keep that which has been entrusted to me and which I have committed [to Him] until that day.”

Apostle Paul was an exceptional servant of God who led such an amazing life unto the Lord. Paul wrote the letter of Philippians from a prison in Rome. Paul was awaiting execution, yet he wrote to the brethren in Philippians to rejoice always. He admonished them never to be anxious about anything, but in all situations with prayer and supplication, they should make their request known to God. What made him live such a life of joy and peace, although he was constantly attacked and death threatened? He said in our key scripture that he knows the Lord. How did apostle Paul come to such a close knowledge and acquaintance with the Lord? Please note that your joy in challenging times depends on how much you know the Lord.

Please, I pray that your spirit shall be opened to the following truths. God cannot be known by reason or mental analysis 1Co 1:21 KJV” For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.” This verse shows us that God has designed it such that no man by natural reasoning can know God. The second part of the verse shows us God’s way of knowing Him. That is to believe what He has said about Himself in the bible. We know Him by deciding to wholeheartedly accept what is said about Him. Please note that there are unseen personalities which keep speaking all kinds of false things about God to the minds of people. The man who has not settled in his heart to accept and believe the revelations of God in the scriptures would be constantly thrown into a state of doubt through the opposing arguments against the knowledge of God.

Dear one, let your mind accept all that the bible reveals about God, and give no thought to any arguments against the scriptures. It is in acting boldly on the truths of scripture that you experience the power and miracles of God. Even in your encounters with miracles, the enemy would not stop telling you all forms of lies. Those who have decided to fully hold to what the bible says about God maintain a joyful heart and continually experience God’s miracle power. Many people think they have weak faith and some claim they do not know the Lord. Please know that we are dealing with a very cunning devil who fills your mind with contrary or doubtful thoughts about God. He makes those thoughts appear like your own thinking or consciousness. Please any doubts that rise in your mind does not proceed from your mind, they are demonic suggesting aimed at weakening your faith or making you accept that you do not know God very well, and so you can not stand boldly for Him.

THOUGHT: THOSE WHO CLAIM TO KNOW GOD HAVE BELIEVED ALL THAT SCRIPTURE HAS REVEALED ABOUT HIM.

FURTHER STUDIES

Hebrews 11:1
NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].”

Dan 11:32 KJV “And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits