"Jesus Knows You" - My Topic at Life At The Ridge this Sunday

"He even counts every hair on your head." Matthew 10:30, NIRV

It's been a few years since I've had the opportunity to speak at a church. Pastor Josh Hebert of Life at the Ridge, one of our Semper Vita partners, asked me to teach this Sunday and start the series. Wow. That's an honor. "Thanks for trusting me, Josh!" Both the series and my sermon are entitled, "Jesus Knows You." He does! And, that's good.

Jesus knows you - really knows you

He knew you before the world was made (Ephesians 1:4) and he knows every hair on your head. That's easier for Jesus with some people than for others but regardless - he knows! He knows your name. He knows my name. Wow. The God of the universe knows us personally. We're not only in his address book we're written on the palm of God's hand. (And we're not talking about a handheld computer!) Besides your name, Jesus knows your heart, your dreams and your wiring.

One of the things that I just love is helping people discover their God-given wiring. It's just awesome. That's part of the "Grow" element of Semper Vita. (I wrote about discovering your wiring and doing your part recently - because I believe it allows us to maximize our potential.) When we understand how we're wired we can be so much more effective in our relationships, at work and in God's Kingdom. The key here though is that God hand-designed each of us - for our good and to his glory. Amazing stuff.

Knowing our wiring isn't enough if we go it alone...

If we're just plugging in our wiring based on our own best thinking we might still fall short of what could be. With understanding our wiring comes following Jesus. He knows each one of us and ask each one of us to follow. He told Peter, "Follow me." He tells all of us, "Follow me." And the way he asks us to follow and what he has for us to do varies based on who we are. Our relationship with Jesus is personal.

Do you know you? Do you know your wiring? Do you really grasp that Jesus knows you - the real you? Are you following?