known.

I'm working on my message for HSM this weekend- it's for our Cow Tipping series [tipping the "golden calves"/idols in our lives]. the message revolves around idolizing social and economic status as a means of worth, as opposed to our worth being found in God. In other words, it's better to be known by God than known by men, because the Lord's heart for us never stops beating.

So I'm on Biblegateway.com, digging around because I know the verse I want but never remember where it's at, and I type in "know." it gives me a ridiculous number of verses containing the word "know," and as I'm skimming through, I see that every other verse in the book of Job is about either knowing God or being known by God. And because I'm a patterns person, this struck me as being significant.

Job's life became a hot mess pretty quickly. He lost everything he had, as Satan tested his relationship with God. In our weakest, most beat up moments, there are two things we can cling to:

1. We are known by God.
2. We know God.

Of course, our knowledge of God is unbelievably limited compared to the all-encompassing knowledge God has of us, but it's comforting to have that stored in our hearts: no matter what comes our way, nothing can change the fact that we are known by God. He sees everything- every laugh, every tear, every frustration. He sees us at our best, and He sees us at our worst. He knows how we got that scar on our ring finger, He knows how to make us have fits of laughter, and He knows what songs make us smile contently.

How blessed are we to be known by God. Do you feel as blessed as you are?