The phrase "I never know you" leaped out from the page. Ppointedly, Jesus did not say "You never know me," or "You never knew the Father." It struck my friend that one of tour main tasks, perhpas the main task, is to make ourselves know to God. Good works are not enough - "did we not prophesy in your?" - any relationship with God must be bvased on full disclosure. The masks must come off.
"We cannot find Him unless we know we need Him," wrote Thomas Merton. For someone raised in a strong church background, that awareness may not come easily. My own church tended toward perfectionism, which tempted us all to follow the example of Ananias and Sapphira is misrepresentating ourselves spiritually. On Sundays, well-scrubbed families emerged from their cars with smiles on their faces even though, as we later found out, they had been fighting abusively all week long.
- What's so Amazing about Grace? by Philip D.Yancey
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