“For I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him.”
— 2 Timothy 1:12
There was a time when I had a habit of saying, “That’s hard to believe.” One morning the Holy Spirit spoke these words to me: “There isn’t anything hard to believe when you know in whom you have believed.”
The Holy Spirit taught me one of the most important truths of my life.
Faith is more than standing on a promise. Faith is knowing the Lord Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith (Hebrews 12:2). Paul the apostle sums up the main pursuit of our lives in Philippians 3:10: to know the Lord Jesus. Everything else is rubbish compared to knowing Him.
The only thing that truly counts is knowing the Lord Jesus and our Father God. Our faith is centered in the Person behind the promises. We are fully persuaded that He who promised is able to perform what He has promised to us.
Our faith flows from knowing the Lord Jesus—in whom I believe. Be encouraged that by the grace of God He has made us righteous, that we may know Him and continue to know Him.
Brother John
