... to learn the truths of Scripture, and yes that will require a basic foundation of information. But let me be equally clear that information, or knowledge, or simply knowing facts, however insightful, is not being fed on the word.

1 Corinthians 8:1b-3 tells us that knowledge can puff people up — it is a loving relationship with God that is needed, not merely knowing ‘things’.

If you read John 4:34-35 the original language for the word translated here as food is meat. My point is, that the meat or food that nourishes Yeshua is this — (see also John 6:38, John 17:4) to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

... eating the meat of the word — it is not solely listening to a Bible teacher, however great they may be. The only reason for listening is if you are going to respond and be transformed in some way. To actually do something that points to God, that gives glory to King Yeshua, that ushers in His presence. For when He comes there is a release of freedom, power, healing, salvation etc.

In short what we will have revealed to them, is what it is like to live in the Kingdom.

Now you may be reading this and be thinking I just can’t do that. Not me!

But let me assure you. You have been given the ability to succeed. Dare to speak it out loud I have the ability to succeed.

The word know, is probably better translated as experience.

Love cannot truly be head only — it has to be heart — it is our intimacy with Jesus that gives us all we need. We are filled with all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:19, ESV) how better to be equipped!

Henry Ford is quoted as having said, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can't — you're right.” In other words if you think you cannot then you will not, and if you think you can then you will. It is not as simple as that, but you get my drift.

Moses sent spies to scout out the land of Canaan. When they returned and described what they saw, they said that the land was inhabited by Nephilim, towering giants. The spies implied that from the perspective of the giants, the Israelites seemed like mere grasshoppers with no chance of defeating them or conquering their land.

However, the truth is that the spies had no idea what the giants thought of them. The spies felt intimidated and saw themselves as grasshoppers in comparison to the giants. They assumed that the giants viewed them as insignificant insects as well, when in actuality the giants were terrified of the Israelites. They had heard about the Exodus from Egypt and the miracles that God had done on their behalf. If the Israelites had entered Canaan at that moment, the giants would have fled without a fight.

Tragically, because the spies didn’t believe in themselves or their ability to conquer Canaan with the help of God, they lost the opportunity to enter the Promised Land. It took another four decades, and an entirely new generation, to achieve that goal. If the spies lost the opportunity of a lifetime because of their own misconception of themselves, what opportunities might we be passing up in our lives? How we see ourselves will ultimately determine what we are capable of accomplishing.

Each one of us is created in the image of God. Do you know that you are capable of amazing things? Or are you stuck in the grasshopper mindset, thinking that you are small and inconsequential? It’s time we recognised that we are incredible and capable children of God.

It is only once we believe in our own greatness that we are able to achieve great things.

John, who had a special relationship with Yeshua, records this in his first letter (1 John 4:17); as He is, so are we in this world. In other words just as Yeshua is — the resurrected ascended glorified King, full of all power and authority — so we are to be in this world as His representatives or His ambassadors.