He Knows You!

Our family is officially on “baby watch” this week.  Expecting this grandchild is no less exciting than the 1^st, 2^nd, or 3^rd, and will be no more exciting than others-to-come!  With each expectation is that special moment of holding new life for the first time but also watching personalities develop as they grow.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – grandchildren are grand!

 

Consider what Elohim – God, Mighty Creator, said: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you. (Jeremiah 1:5a).  We’ve seen detailed ultrasound pictures of Natalie Anne, but we’ve not yet met her.  How sad so many go through life never realizing their days were determined before their birthday!  The [often dark] ongoing journey of many to find themselves or know their purpose or realize their destiny is futile when every soul’s sweetest joy rests in The Creator.  “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” (Ephesians 2:10).  You see, God didn’t just know us before He formed us – He designed our lives to be in sweet fellowship with Himself by walking in His Ways.  Try as man will and does, there is no other purpose or destiny so sweet.  Furthermore, when once you have tasted its sweeting, it is evident there is nothing else which satisfies.  That’s why David wrote, “Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!” (Psalm 34:8).  Each morning I pray for my grandchildren (and future grandchildren) that they will know Christ early and walk in His ways all the days of their lives.  What joy to know that little Natalie Anne is already known to the Father – and that we’ll know her soon!  What joy ‘twill be one day to meet the One Who knew and loved me first!  He knows you, too – I pray you know Him!