Weekly Pursuit – Week 1 of September
Verses:
1 John 3:20-21 “God is greater than our heart and knows all things. Beloved, if our heart does not blame us, we have boldness toward God.”
Excerpts:
In 1 John 3:20 John does not say that God is greater than the universe [but] that God is greater than our heart. This way of writing indicates that our knowledge of God must be experiential. We need to know God in our heart, in our conscience. To know God in this way is for the great, almighty, infinite God to become practical to us in our conscience. If our conscience bothers us, this means that God also has a problem with us.
The New Testament way for us to know God is personal, detailed, and experiential. The New Testament way is to know God as the One who is in our heart. How precious is this experiential way of knowing God! Sometimes we may wonder why God, who has billions of matters to take care of, would be concerned with a small detail in our daily living. Although God is infinite and almighty, He cares even for the small things in our life. For example, He may care about a brother’s inward attitude toward his wife, something so small that it may seem it takes a divine magnifying glass to see it. Nevertheless, God cares for such a matter. We know God cares for such things because our conscience bothers us concerning them. Whenever our conscience is not tranquil, we know that we need to take care of the feeling of our conscience, which is the representative of the divine government. In this way we know God not in great matters but in small things. This way of knowing God is experiential and practical. (Life-study of 1 John, msg. 29)
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