Dr. Tony Evans has written a book of daily devotions entitled, Time to Get Serious: Daily Devotions To Keep You Close To God.  The first section of the book focuses on devotions about "Knowing God".  We learned in our last session that knowing God --as opposed to only knowing about Him--is fundamental to our becoming completely, committed followers of Jesus Christ.  Read one of Dr. Evans' devotions below:


"Let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD." Jeremiah 9:24

LIFE'S GREATEST PURSUIT

Read It:  Philippians 3:3-7

Here we are with a new year ahead of us--a whole year to learn and grow.  So where do we start?  How about at square one: the knowledge of God.  That's where it all begins.  Getting to know God is the greatest pursuit in life.

God said so Himself through the Prophet Jeremiah.  In fact, in Jeremiah 9:23 God says, "Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches."

God says, "There is something in life worth bragging about, but it's not your bank account, your position in the marketplace, or your educational degrees."  God says there is only one thing in life worth bragging about: "Do you know Me?"

It's amazing how we brag about everything else.  Some of us can brag about our educational achievements.  We've gone through school, and we graduated magna cum laude, or "Lord, come soon!" whichever was appropriate.  People treat us respectfully; they give us titles to recognize our achievement, and if we are not careful, we might boast about that.

Or you may have started at the bottom of your company and now you're in the executive suite.  Now there's extra money in the account.  The home is nice.  The cars are new.  The clothes are authentic.  All of the data necessary to indicate success might tempt you to brag.

But God says, "If you really want something to shout about, can you brag that you know Me? Because if you can't talk about that, then it doesn't matter how much money is in your account, what degrees are on your wall, or what position you have in the company."

Pride is like growing a beard.  It needs to be clipped daily.  Every day you and I need to get up and look at our degrees, our careers, our money, and then say, "If it were not for the grace of God..."

See, the knowledge of God affects everything about you.  God says, "If you are going to brag, brag that you know Me."

----Think About It----

Do you know God well enough that He could

brag on you if He wanted to?

LRHR