It's Who You Know That Counts

Romans 8 (continued)

Yesterday we focused on the fact that because God initiated a reconciled relationship with us through Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit prays on our behalf according to God's will and Jesus prays for us from His position of authority at the right-hand of God (Romans 8:27,34) !!! Thank You Lord!

One thought that came to me from yesterday's focus relates to how the world views relationships. We know that God is the Creator of everyone and everything that exists, that is created! We as people, and Satan and his demons can't create anything original - all that is created has its origin in God. In this world people often say that, "it isn't what you know, it is who you know" that helps us achieve.

I have viewed this idea of it's "who you know" as primarily negative because it can leave a lot of people in the dust who would otherwise be successful if they just "knew the right people." The concept also can elevate a lot of folks, who really don't have what it is required for a particular purpose or who have ill-will and purposes of harm to others because of selfishness, to be in positions of authority.

However, it struck me that this worldly concept of "it's who you know" actually is a perversion of a reality that GOD CREATED!! Yes, God Himself carries this idea forward in giving us His Son and calling us into a relationship with Himself through Jesus. When we are in relationship with Jesus...when we know Jesus personally (it's who you know), we can count on the Holy Spirit praying God's will through our prayers! We can count on Jesus interceding on our behalf, continually before the Father!!

So, we see that once again, the world - apart from God - has taken the very priority and necessity of relationship, relationship with God - and perverted for ill-gain and all kinds of negativity that God does not intend.

It really is "who you know" that counts. "The one who has (knows) Jesus has Life, the one who does not know Jesus does not have Life" (1 John 5:12).

Do you have Jesus? Are you counting your relationship with Jesus as the single most important relationship above all other relationships? Do you know that your relationship with Jesus makes you "somebody"? That when you seek Jesus as #1 in your life, than your life will be what God intends for you, through all the pitfalls, trials, and trouble you encounter in this earthly life?

"Lord, help each one of us to count You as # 1 in our lives; then all the other relationships and necessities of this earthly life will be added to us (Matthew 7:19-34)....here and in the life to come."