111. Known of God
1 Corinthians 8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
God knows you. He promises that those who believe in Jesus are known of God. The person who loves God is the person who believes in Jesus. Faith in Christ is the loving of God. That person is known. The fact that God knows me is very important; the deepest fear, usually unexpressed, of most people is the fear of being not known: insignificant, not important to anyone, abandoned, left alone, without anyone to care about or to care about me. It is not only children who have a fear of being abandoned, but adults still have a fear of abandonment. To hear the words, “Nobody knows me; nobody cares; I don’t matter to anyone” causes sadness and depression.
For all of us God promises that we are known, our lives matter, we are cared about and even cherished, each of us is significant to God. God says to each person, “I will never, never, not ever forsake you.” Even if I should lose my whole family God promises He will accept me into His family. Being orphaned is impossible; I will always have Him in a personal, loving relationship. God could never forget me or ignore me.
God knows all about me: He knows my sin, and still loves me; He knows my problems, and He has solutions; He knows by needs even better than I do, and He promises to meet them in His mercy and according to His will; He knows the good works the Spirit has done through me, and He is keeping track; He knows the motivations and why I do the things I do; He knows my temptations, and provides a way of escape; He knows my worries and fears, and provides for them; He knows my grief, and gives comfort. He knows everything; and that’s good.