-A BIBLE MEDITATION-

God's blessed Word-"Meditate therein. . .make thy way prosperous. . .have good success"'-Josh. 1:8.

Divine knowledge. Foreknowledge of our demerits enhances God's gracious purposes:Rom. 8:29; 1 Pet. 1:2.

God knoweth all things, Jno. 16:30.
All men…………..Jno. 2:24.
Them that are His.. .2 Tim. 2:19.
His sheep………… Jno.10:14.
Our thoughts…….1 Cor. 3:20.
Our actions ………1 Sam. 2:3.
Our works ……….. Rev.2:2.
Our hearts……….. Acts 1:24.
Our trust…………. .Nah. 1:7.
Our sorrows………… Ex.3:7.
Us altogether……..Ps. 139:2-4.
Marvelous……….. Rom. 11:33.

The divine desire Midst clouds, the rainbow of love's that we may know, story appears in Jer. 31, culminating in verse 34- "They shall know Me."

His "smiting" brings about His "desire" for unworthy ones, "the knowledge of God," Hosea 6:1-6.

Disclosed afresh in the earnest supplications of Col. 1:9; Phil. 1:9.

Certified by the words, "Know that I am the Lord," repeated over 60 times in Ezekiel.

Man's refusal. "Desired not," Job 21:14.

Our lack. Hosea 4:1, 6-Serious indictment. Jno. 4:10; Job 22:21 -Needed counsel.

Ourselves. "No good thing," Rom. 7:18. Transgressions seen as before God, Isa. 59:12. Confession, Job 42:2; revelation, ver. 5; humiliation, ver. 6. Desperately wicked, Jer. 17:9.

The law. Mouth stopped, Rom. 3:19.

Knowledge of God. Essential for "eternal life," John 17:3. Known only through Christ, Matt. 11:27; Acts 13:38; 2 Cor. 4:6. Certainty, John 9:25. Our refuge-deliverance, Ps. 9:9, 10; 91:14, 15. Our glorying, Jer. 9:23,24. Our calling, Eph. 1:17-19.

Knowledge of Christ personally. His love, Eph. 3:19. His grace, 2 Cor. 8:9. His keeping, 2 Tim. 1:12. His reproach, John 15:18. Identification, Rom. 6:6. Service, Rom. 6:16.

Knowledge of the Freely given bestowals, 1 Cor.2:12. Spirit's unfoldings. Eclipsing all that earth's greatest ever knew, 1 Cor. 2:7-10.

Present. That the Son of God is come, 1 John 5 :20. We have eternal life, 1 John 5 :13. Have passed from death to life, 1 John 3:14. It is the last time, 1 John 2:18. Apostasy restrained, 2 Thess. 2 :6. Believers indwelt, "the temple of God," 1 Cor. 3:16; 6:19. "Members of Christ," 1 Cor. 6:15. Growth, Col. 1:10; Phil. 3:10. Multiplication, 2 Pet. 1 :2. Separation, Ps. 4:3. Determination, 1 Cor. 2:2. Responsibility, John 13 :17. Abounding works, 1 Cor. 15 :58. All things re life and godliness, 2 Pet. 1 :3.

The goal and prize, 1 Cor. 9 :24, 25.

Means to attain. Divine, patient, gracious training, Deut. 8 :2, 3. Earnest purpose – "receive," "hide," "incline," "apply," "cry after," "seek," "search as for treasure," Prov. 2:1-5. Hearkening to His words, Prov. 22:17-21. Renouncing world and self, Phil. 3:7, 8.

Results. Shall know of the doctrine, John 7:17. No barrenness, 2 Pet. 1 :8. Freedom, John 8 :32. Ultimate good, Eccl.8 :12 ; Rom. 8:28.

Knowledge of future Bodies to be raised "by Jesus," 2 Cor. 4:14. And eternally glorified, 2 Cor. 5 :1. Evermore "like Him," 1 John 3:2. To judge the world and angels, 1 Cor. 6:2, 3. To know as known, 1 Cor. 13 :9-12.

Solemn condemnation- Empty knowledge, of mere profession. Disobedient, Titus 1:16.1 John 2:4; Rom. 1:21

Unknowable. Tomorrow, Prov.27:1. Day of death, Gen. 27:2. Kingdom's restoration, Acts 1:7.

Divine knowledge faith’s blest re-resource. David could utter, after former sad failure, the glowing words of 2 Sam. 7:18-21; Ps. 9:9, 10. Peter too could use the heart-felt words of John 21:17. "Follow on to know the Lord," Hosea 6:3. Wonder after wonder arises before the believer's spiritual vision and bows the heart in adoring praise and worship. E. J. Checkley