If you were to look up the Greek word that is translated “knowledge” in 2 Peter 1, you would find out that it means more than just a mental understanding of something, more than the kind of knowledge that can be gained through your senses. It means exact knowledge. Knowledge that has been revealed directly to your heart by the Spirit of God. We call it revelation knowledge.
The lack of that kind of knowledge has caused more faith failures than anything else I know. That is because most Christians believe the Word with their minds, but they have not meditated on it enough for it to light up in their hearts. If they had, that Word would absolutely revolutionise their lives. Nothing in heaven or earth would be able to shake them loose from it.
Once upon a time there was a widow who got hold of that kind of revelation one afternoon. She had been meditating in the Scriptures that say if you are a widow, God Almighty has taken His place as your provider and leader of your household.
She had been feeling a little sorry for herself up until then. However, when she received the revelation that God was actually head of her household now, she started talking to Him like she would a husband.
“I am telling You, Lord, the plumbing in this house is pitiful. Will You please get it fixed?” she said. From that moment on, she never had any more trouble with her plumbing.
“May grace (God’s favour) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” 2 Peter 1:2 (AMPC)
If you need something from God, determine right now that you are going to do what that widow did. Determine that you are going to meditate on the Word until you get a revelation like that. Keep that Word before you until you receive a revelation of Jesus as your healer or your deliverer or your financier, whatever you need Him to be. Do not settle for a shallow mental understanding of Him. Get a deep revelation and His grace will be multiplied to you!
“Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus. I pray that as I come to know You and Your Word more intimately, that it may take root within my heart. That Your revelation knowledge may dawn upon me and fill me, so that I may be obedient to Your will and Your ways. Thank you that You always know what is best for me. Amen.”
God’s Richest Love and Blessings and Revelation Knowledge be yours for the taking, in Jesus’ Name.
André and Nicole Binneman
(P.S. – If you need any prayer or counselling in light of your current difficulties and circumstances, please reach out to us at https://lifestylez.co.za/contact-us/.)
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