Greetings on this the first day of 2012! As we stand here at the threshold of a new year, my hope and prayer is that each member of God's Church will seek to know Christ Jesus our Lord in a greater measure.

Proverbs 8:17 says,
"I love those who love me,
And those who seek me diligently will find me."

It is the Lord Himself who says,
"He who has my Commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me; and he who loves Me shall be loved by My father, and I will love him, and will disclose Myself to him." John 14:21

"Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened." Matthew 7:7-8 (Vs. 7 in the NASB has in the margin: 'keep seeking and keep knocking')

Jesus also said,
"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you." John 14:26

In John 16:13, Jesus tells us,
"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth..."

The priceless gift of God's Holy Spirit has been given and now dwells in each Believer, it is He who reveals Christ to us. Since this is so, it behooves each of us to become sensitive to the Holy Spirit's voice who speaks to us through Scripture and 'prayerful listening'.

Just think, it is the great apostle Paul who wrote thirteen possibly fourteen Books of the New Testament who said, "That I may know Him..." Philippians 3:10 "...but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me." Vs. 12 "I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." Vs. 14 (Read Philippians 3:10-16 which is an exhortation to KNOW Christ.)

So let us, this year, press on with joy and expectation! God has a plan for each one and His plan is perfect! Rejoice and be glad for our God is in control and He reigns!  Hallelujah!  Amen