KNOWING THE GOD OF THE HOUSE PART 2

Act 17:23

For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, “TO THE UNKNOWN GOD”. Whom wherefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

When I was growing up one of my favourite time was the family devotion time where it was like a church service and my Dad will break the word down to everyone’s comprehension. I especially love it when it was my turn to share the word; I will search the bible and network scriptures to make sure I try my little best then to impress my Dad and everyone at the meeting. Though the primary motive then was to “Impress” little did I know that I was building my spiritual muscles for the battles ahead and that was the beginning of my knowing God. From wanting to impress man during family devotion, I ended up knowing the living God during my search for scriptures. My search led me through wonderful discoveries and inspirations that helped me later in life: a) a relationship with God: the scriptures led me to finally give my life to Christ John 3:3&16 b) more search: I kept studying the word and that made me fell in love with the book of revelation. Most of the notes I took when I was searching is put together in my daily deliberation Dan 9:2, 2 Tim 2:15, 2 Tim 3:15 c) I always love to be with believers: I noticed I enjoy myself when I am with the saints of God and the inspiration flows greatly Matth. 18:20, Heb. 10:25 d) more mind blowing insight and revelation: the more I study the word and other Christian literatures the more understanding I get and the inspiration flows. John 14:26 e) divine empowerment: the deeper I reach into the scripture the more I become empowered. I noticed in every organization I work I get any of these the nickname Pastor, Bishop, Young Bishop or spiritual head of the family, as a result of God’s power Act 10:38.

Knowing God of the house requires diligence, consistence, commitment, and persistence, it is not a one off exercise, and this should be as natural to us as breathing. Knowing God is like blind men told to describe an elephant by touching some part of an elephant, after first man touch touched the tusk he said an elephant is a short hard curved metal, another said an elephant has four short hard stump after touching the Legs, the next said an elephant is like a house because he felt the stomach and the legs. These men cannot really describe the real elephant until they go “regularly” to touch the elephant and have someone explain what they have touched, this will give them better understanding. 1 Corinthians 13:9

Prayer: Lord, give me more appetite for your word in my daily life. (Amen)