Welcome to the Experiencing God Adventure

In Psalm 103, there is a subtle but powerful verse that describes the difference between Moses and all the rest of the people of Israel.

"He (God) made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel…" Psalm 103:7

God revealed Himself to Moses. Moses knew God – he heard God when he spoke, he knew God’s ways, he knew God’s heart. God revealed Himself to Moses. That is our desire – to really know God. That’s why we gather together each Sunday – to encounter the Living God! To know Him through a real and personal relationship. And that is God’s desire for us! God reveals Himself!

This series is not about head knowledge. It is not entitled “Knowing God” for that specific reason. We want to experience God. We want to go deeper with God in a relationship that is real and personal.

In Hebrew, the original language in which the Old Testament was written, the word for "know" implied experiencing something or someone. You could not say you knew something or someone unless you had known it or known them by experience. So, when we speak of knowing God we are speaking of knowing Him through experience in a very real and personal way!

And this is what God calls us to in the coming weeks. To come to truly know Him in a love relationship that is real and personal. To come to know His voice. To learn to recognize Him at work around us - in our lives, in our families, in the workplace. To recognize His hand at work and respond to God's invitation to join Him in His great work! To make that shift we spoke of Sunday - the shift from living a "me-centered" life to beginning to live a "God-centered" life.

And through this process orchestrated by the Holy Spirit lives are truly transformed! We come to know our God by experience as we obey Him and He accomplishes His work through you and me. We become true Kingdom people and we will never be the same again. And neither will the lives of those God touches through us!

Buckle up your seatbelts and get ready for the adventure. We are just getting started!

In Christ the King,

Pastor Jim Olson