Knowing vs. Being Known

Knowledge is a much-rewarded commodity in our culture today. Striving to know has been a large part of my journey in life. Also, I have found that knowledge can be used as a weapon for arguments or making myself appear smart. It is then that knowledge becomes less about the subject and more about me.

However, my journey to "being known" is a less traveled path. Being known requires me to be vulnerable, to confess, to forgive and to reconcile - actions I often pursue with less zeal.

The Apostle Paul suggests that my spiritual journey seems to have similar options - knowing or being known.

......We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. But the man who loves God is known by God. (I Corinthians 8:1-3 NIV) 

Join me this week in loving God and daring to be known by Him.

Sharing the journey with you,