Do you know the difference? There is a fine line between knowing Him and gaining knowledge about Him. Lately we have noticed more and more often in conversations that these things are confused with each other. You can literally know everything there is to know about God and still not know Him. Jesus also warned about this:
21 “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter. 22 On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’ 23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’
Matthew 7:21-23
Isn’t that incredible? The people we look up to now may not even get into the Kingdom of God. Now it is not our place to judge who that might be, but be careful in looking up to people if you cannot fathom the depths of their hearts.
We need to stop building our own Kingdoms and start building the Kingdom of God. When we use knowledge to build our own name, we miss the mark. Isn’t it also true that we ate from the ‘Tree of Knowledge’? Maybe we should just accept that we can’t know everything. What did Jesus look at when He chose His disciples? Was He looking at education or status perhaps? No! Jesus chose the ‘Joe public’ of that time. As far as we know, only Lukas (as a doctor) was academic.
Is academically wrong then, I hear you think. Of course not, but if we start making these requirements to serve Him, I think we are taking ourselves back to the days of Pharisees and Scribes. Can’t really say that these were so well written!
Jesus emphasized faith, not knowledge. God wants to use you, whether the world sees you as super smart (read: you are good at stating facts) or stupid (read: you are very good at working with your hands). He made you both!