He knows me
He knows me
(Jehovah Rohi)
David Wilkerson
Jehovah Rohi knows His sheep.
He said,
“I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep.”
(John 10:14)
… The Lord knoweth them that are His …
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
John 10:27
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
John 10:28
David said,
“The Lord knows me.”
(Psalms 139:1)
I’m so glad God made that so clear to me.
“He knows me.”
He knows all my frailties. He knows my weaknesses. He knows when I’m exaggerating. He knows when I’m jealous.
But He knows something else, the same thing He knew about David. He knew that David would not hide his sins, that David would confess them openly before Him.
“I know, David, everything about you.
I know My sheep.”
I’m glad for that. I’m glad there’s nothing hidden from God’s eyes, and in spite of that He loves me.
Get this picture again. Let’s leave the green valley, and go up to the hill on the other side of it.
The shepherd’s gathering His lost hurting sheep. He’s gotta pull there over here on the side. There’s no tree. There’s no grass. There’s no water.
The shepherd’s gathering His flock. David’s among that flock. They are hurting. They are bruised. The shepherd’s now calling them by name.
How wonderful it must’ve been for David at that time to hear His name (Jehovah Rohi). ‘Restoration’ begins with the fresh revelation of the love of Jehovah Rohi for His sheep
I believe this is the greatest battle that a Christian has. It’s to maintain this imprint in the soul that God loves me. There’re times I fail, I do things that grieve the Holy Spirit, but He loves me.
I’ve come to examine my own heart on this many times, after preaching it to so many people, to go to prisons, for example, another times and preach about the love of God, and so seldom feel loved by God, even though I knew the Scripture in everything else.
You can know the Bible. You can know the workings of the Spirit. You can be a preacher. You can be a teacher. You can talk about how God gives such grace in times of need.
David knew that. He said, “I’ve gone astray.” He didn’t mean that he turned his back on God. He astrayed from the knowledge that should have been imprinted in his crisis. He forgot about the love of God for him. He astrayed from the love of God.
He’s the shepherd to everyone here this morning that’s wounded and hurt. And you’re having a real time of testing you’re going through right now.
You dare not accuse God of abandoning you. He’s still your shepherd. The Lord Jehovah Rohi is still walking beside you. He wants to bring healing.
He says,
“He causes me to lie down.”
(Psalm 23:2)
In Hebrew, if you studied Hebrew content of it, the real meaning is that He takes up residence beside us for the purpose of healing and restoration.
He sits down right beside you in that green valley. He’s not there up on the hill meditating. He’s down there. He’s got surgeon’s knife in His hands. He’s that shepherd healing the pain, calling them by name, doing all this marvelous work of healing.
It seems to me the Lord, all through the Scripture, just crying and screaming of reaching out, trying to show us His tenderness. He reveals Himself to us as a mother hen who gathers her chicks under his wings. He speaks to us of a father as a brother closer than a friend. He gives us all of these illustrations as a bridegroom wanting his bride.
They’re all tender revelations of His nature.
Tender loving care, all of that
How many time over and over He said,
“Yes, I’m a majestic God.
Yes, I’m the Lord of Host.
All of these revelations of my name are fine, but the real revelation I want you to have that bring you through is this tenderness of Jehovah Rohi.
I’m your loving caring shepherd. I love you.”
Lord, I pray that You would give us now by Your Holy Spirit the knowledge, the truth, even the feeling of Your great love for us.
There’s some that listen to me, Holy Spirit, that have grieved You. The thing’s that you’ve been trying to lead their life out of problems that have come because of their own doing and even foolishness.
But You said, “In that time, that is when the love of God is most needed.”
Oh, precious Holy Spirit, come
Let the love of Jesus, let the love of God embrace us now.
Let there be a godly sorrow for sin.
David said,
“I trust in Him because He is my salvation.
He is my strength.”
(Psalms 28:7)
Forgive us Lord where we’ve failed You.
Forgive us for astraying away from Your love.
Lord, I think that’s the most lost person on earth.
The most lost person is not a drug addict, or an alcoholic.
The lost person is that believer who’s lost sense and knowledge of Your love.
God bring us back to Your love.