God is love. (1 John 4:16)
There is someone who knows you fully and still loves you completely. This, of course, is our Lord Jesus Christ, so read on and be greatly encouraged today.
The term used for God’s all-knowing power is omniscience. God knows everything . . . the past, the present, and the future. And that includes your past, your present, and your future and in knowing you fully, He still loves you completely. Only when we have a sense of just how broken and sinful we are does a truth like this begin to change our lives. Think about it this way: God knows your every thought, past, present, and the ones that you will think in the future. You may have secret thoughts that you keep to yourself, but they are not kept from God.
Not only does God know our every thought, He knows our every word before we can say them, “Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord” (Psalm 139:4). God knows what you ate for breakfast today and what you will eat for dinner tonight. He knows where you were last night and who you were with. He knows every aspect of your coming and going and that includes every part of your life story . . . the good, the bad, and the ugly. Now that would be reason for despair would it not, except for the fact that in spite of being fully known, God still completely love us.
I often speak with people who have a hard time getting over something in the past. They say, “I just can’t forgive myself.” Listen, we have all done things we wish we had not done. But through it all, God has never once withheld His unconditional love from us. And the best way for you to be convinced of that truth the next time your past tries to paralyze you from doing what God is calling you to do in the present, picture the cross. Jesus hung on that cross and died for your sins because He loves you.
Do you know this truth? Now I am not asking if you know it intellectually. I am asking if you know it deep down in your heart in such a way that it transforms the way you see yourself and live your life. Remember, back in the Garden of Eden, before sin, Adam and Eve were naked and unashamed. Well, after Jesus shows up in your life and covers every sin, past, present, and those still to come, with His precious blood, you are to experience that incredible feeling of being naked and unashamed because you are fully known and still completely loved.
This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!
Grace for the Race 