Do you really know Him?

At the communion service at Liberty Community Church, this morning, one of our young men, Stuart Taylor, shared a recent experience. With his prior permission, I would like to share it with you.

He had gone to London to a major work-related conference and, at dinner, everyone was asked to make themselves known to five strangers. When the meal was over, Stuart made his way towards a group of men in order to introduce himself. Of course, being at a conference, he already had a name badge on and, as he approached the group, one of the other men spotted him and greeted him with “Hello, Stuart. Good to meet you at last!” Seeing Stuart’s mystified look, he explained “I’m **. We’ve worked together on some contracts.”

Stuart suddenly realised what had happened. He has, he informed us, a colleague in the Edinburgh office of his company, who is also named Stuart Taylor and who even celebrates his birthday just a couple of days away from (my!) Stuart. This was simply a case of mistaken identity!

However, Stuart made a very relevant, and vitally important, point. He pointed out that this man knew his name, but that he didn’t know him! As we had been concentrating, this morning, on the Name of Jesus, he reminded us that it is very easy to know that Name, and to be able to provide a lot of information about Jesus; but not know Him in a personal way.

I trust that, as you read this blog (and not simply this post!), you will learn much about Jesus, and His wonderful offer of salvation to a sinful mankind. But I trust that you will also come to a personal, saving knowledge of Him that will enable you to declare that He is your Saviour, your Lord, and your Friend.