How could he know?

When I came home from Russia, back to America, and would share stories with my friends and family.  The hardest thing to do is to have the listeners NOT completely comprehend where I was coming from.  They could get a general idea and picture what I'm decribing, but for the most part it wouldn't do justice.  When my teammates from there talked about what to expect when going back to America, this was one major thing to discuss.  Understanding that there will be people who just don't get it, unless they were there themselves.

Sometimes You can't really capture and fully understand somethings in your life unless you have been there and have seen it or experienced it.  It's like a mother of three children trying to explain motherhood to a single woman of the same age.  She might understand to a certain extent but has never experienced the whole process so she will understand to a certain extent.  It might be a veteran trying to explain his experience in war to his grandson.  The grandson, might have read up on his history, but will never understand fully what His grandfather is explaining, for he has never been there and went through what his grandfather went through, not to mention the fact that ways of life change through each generation alone.

So then I ask myself.... HOW COULD HE KNOW?  How could a man King David from the Bible know how to express what my heart feels in the Psalms.  Actually if he were here, he would be asking how I could know what He is feeling because he went through it before I did, he lived in different times than me..etc.

To write about the longing of God, to write about the praises towards the Lord, to call upon him with poetic phrases that only one from closest relations to him would express.... I read these things and say.. "hey, thats exactly how I feel about the Lord and towards Him, that exactly how I would express with my heart my struggles to him" (Though I have to give credit to King David his talents in writing were amazing.--many people can only express those thoughts in their minds, its difficult to put it on paper) 

How is it that a man like him, or an Ambitious man name Paul, or a humble song from the Virgin Mary, or the pressing on of Moses, .... how could these share that moment where you hear something you understand and you look across at each other in a room with a look like "I understand" or "I know what you mean" or "I get it"... "been there, done that, got the t-shirt"... how is this........?  Will we ever know?

YES

God

and through His SPIRIT, we know.

Now this is the VITAL thing to know.... one can gain much knowledge of the scriptures, study the life of paul his whole life, write a million poems about sorrow and joy like king David, ...but does that mean that he or she GETS IT?  sad to say ...NO...   the scriptures tell us of a mystery that is revealed.... that mystery is revealed through His Spirit.  some might ask...okay..."Spirit of God" where are you so that I may know theys things and understand them like moses, like david, like mary, like paul, like some of my friends that I hang out with that have a certain joy about them....   Ask yourself if you know the Lord , as in, have you come to the realization that we all are nothing without Him, we are cut away from knowing and residing in a relationship with our creator due to our sinful nature.  Jesus, God in the Flesh has made a way for you, paying a dept, that you could never EVER pay... but heres the catch.. "ITS FREE"  ...realize you need HIM ...recieve him as your personal Lord and Saviour... let HIM be the ruler of your heart, ....

and my friend... your life will be changed forever.

and then you will look at King David, and Mary, and Moses, and Paul...and your friends at church or work who have this strange joy...and you will give each other that look of "I understand"..."I know what you mean"

"Been there...am there, done that...and continue to be HIS"