Job seekers learn quickly the old adage: it's not what you know, but who you know that lands the job. Then the starry-eyed little job hunters are shuffled off to a class where they will learn how to put down what they know on a resume. It's just one of the myriad ways in which the world tortures its own. If a well-qualified job candidate were to present a resume listing every person, famous or not, that he or she knew, it would look presumptuous and not pertinent to the position. Gee, if I try a little harder, I can use every 'p' word I know in just one sentence!
Well, Christian, you know someone whose name makes the demons tremble in their subterranean lairs. "But, who really knows Jesus?" you may be tempted to ask. Perhaps we know more than we think. Jesus has a verse for those of us who doubt our knowledge of Him: "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own." (John 10:14) As is often the case we have little trouble accepting the first bit. After all, Jesus is God's Son and knows all. We're okay there, but suddenly we run into the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey used to say. Jesus said that we, His sheep, know the Good Shepherd. We claim the name of Christ in calling ourselves Christian, yet we doubt that thing He said about being known by His own? Too true! Of course we know where doubts come from. Probably better that we learn to trust the statements of our Good Shepherd, dear fellow sheeps, and force aside those flaming darts of doubt from the enemy.
Enjoy a great new day in Christ Jesus!
Bucky
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