Often times today as believers, we fall into sin, not because the devil was particularly haunting us like he did Job, nor are we ambushed, rather, because we do not love God enough even though we claim a lot to do. In fact the source reason is that we do not know God as we ought to. Beyond what the pastor tells us about God in the Church – like a supervisor tying to guide his project student – or little leaflets about Christ that cross our path, we do not reflect on experiencing God. Knowing Him by His own continuous revelation of what He represents to us in every moment. We are encumbered with other things as priority, so we do not make the required effort of trying to understand all that makes God worthy of our love which we can only thereafter demonstrate daily.
We drove to church daily, make opening payers before the commencement of many public functions, or individually, could daily try to maintain morning prayer time yet compromise with sin in diverse forms during the rest of the day. This routine of indulgence, shows just how sentimental and religious we are or perhaps just sympathetic to the story of crucifixion whereas we do not know him enough (by transaction) to understand Him, and then love Him, to then be willed enough to walk away from sin.
The clear picture is because we do not know him enough to understand and appreciate what power He provides for us upon salvation to overcome sin, we consciously deviate, then blame the devil.
The remedy begins with the acceptance that, “ for everyone at every stage, everyday of our lives, the Almighty God who fills the universe by His spirit, has a new aspect of himself you ought to know.” He has more each day to reveal both to the clergy and the laity. We should like Apostle Paul, who with all his exploits, knowledge and teachings (epistles) about the Gospel, at that level still desired to know. (Phi 3:10). This must have been a continuous desire all along, thus with increasing knowledge from an inexhaustible source he just couldn’t be found wanting for the devil to pull him down. Apostle Paul’s increasing knowledge fanned an ever increasing love, and like is characteristic of love, he was increasingly willing by day to make greater personal sacrifices in his service to God. No one should rest on the oars of having understood everything about God. As rightly inspired in Psalm 145:3 His greatness is unsearchable.
It is my payer that we constantly desire to know more from God, moving further by seeking, and we certainly will daily receive nuggets to walk consistently with Him. In Heb 13:5 He has promised not to fail us nor forsake us. So we can be sure of God not leaving us, just as we don’t walk away from Him ourselves else perish for lack of knowledge.
Samuel Kwelle
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