How Joyous it is to be Known
While helping teach a basketball lesson in a Physical Education class at ABC, I asked a 2nd grade class to tell me their names all at once. They gladly yelled them out together! I also asked them their favorite colors, their birthdays and their favorite Bible characters. With each simultaneous answer I acted as if I could hear each one and suddenly knew all about them individually. They knew better. After I dismissed the class for the day, many of them came to me in order to make sure that I knew their answers to my questions personally.
They wanted to be known.
I want to be known by my Savior. I know He already knows all about me, but seeing the look in my students eyes as I took the time to listen and understand them as they intently shared their cute little hearts, inspired me to do the same with my Heavenly Father.
He wants to see the look in my eyes as I share my heart with Him, longing to be known. And that’s just the start. The more I’ve been letting God know me by talking with Him, the more I begin to trust Him. The conversations grow longer, more real, more natural. As I draw near, He draws near. As I lean in, He leans in. And if I listen in return, He will share with me how He made me: perfect, in His image, wonderful.
He wants nothing more than to speak Truth and Life into my long abandoned identity.
Like a child I want to be known, so I will lean into God. I will learn to listen to His voice that tells me I’m His beloved daughter and trust Him more each moment.
