Knowing the Lord - and giving all the glory to him

“All that I know now is partial and incomplete … ” (1 Corinthians 13:12).

We have come to know the Lord. This is the work of his grace. We must never forget this. Without his grace, we are nothing. All the glory belongs to him. When we give our testimony – telling the story of what the Lord has done for us, we must never speak too highly of ourselves. We can never speak too highly of the Lord, but we must take care that we don’t give the impression that we are closer to the Lord than we really are. Our knowledge of the Lord “is partial and incomplete.” We must always keep this at the forefront of our minds when we speak the Lord’s Word. If we don’t, we will speak pride, but it will not be pride in the Lord. It will be pride in ourselves. Our ‘testimony’ will be very different from the testimony of Paul: “I am not ashamed of the gospel …” (Romans 1:16). Let there be less about ourknowledge of him, and more about our knowledge of him. It’s not about us. It’s about him – what he has done for us.