"Days of Heaven on Earth" by A.B. Simpson
"Better to know Jesus Himself than to know the truth about Him, for the deep things of God are revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. Paul's great desire was, that I may know him. Not just know about Him, or the mysteries of the wonderful world, or even the deeper and higher teachings of God, but to enter into the Holy of Holies where Christ is, where the Shekinah is shining, making the place glorious with the holiness of God. It is to enter into the secret of the Lord Himself.It was what Jacob strove for at Peniel when he pleaded with God. God has given us he light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 4:6). That is the secret. It is the Lord Himself, and nothing else; it is acquaintance with God; it is knowing Jesus Christ as we know no one else.
It is being able to say not only "I believe Him, but "I know Him. "It is being able to say not only "I know about Him," but "I know Him." That is the secret above all others that God wants us to have; it is His provision for glory and power, and it is given freely to the single-hearted seeker."
I love the way A.B. Simpson words this... "Not just know about Him, or the mysteries of the wonderful world, or even the deeper and higher teachings of God, but to enter into the Holy of Holies where Christ is, where the Shekinah is shining, making the place glorious with the holiness of God. It is to enter into the secret of the Lord Himself." This intimacy with my Creator is what my soul craves; it is my heart's longing.
This intimacy has a profound impact on my faith. If I know God, if I believe that He is who He says He is, if I have "entered into the secret of the Lord Himself," is shakes the very foundations of my beliefs about God, others, and myself. The things that He desires, become the things that I desire. His discipline becomes my blessing. His will becomes my hope. His promises become my source of strength, and His glory becomes my beauty. As I start to understand these things, my heart is filled with a tremendous peace and contentment, for I know that the Lord God is majestic, marvelous, holy, and good. It is that intense communion with God that I think A.B. Simpson meant when he referred to "days of heaven on earth."
