{"id":25706,"date":"2017-01-21T09:01:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T09:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/?p=25706"},"modified":"2019-11-01T21:19:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T21:19:33","slug":"how-not-to-hear-away-from-me-i-never-knew-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2017\/01\/how-not-to-hear-away-from-me-i-never-knew-you\/","title":{"rendered":"How not to hear “away from me I never knew you!”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Image: — Image: Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>
Adrian reading this article:<\/h2>\n
Video<\/strong>
\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Audio<\/strong><br>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/adrian-warnock\/embed\/episodes\/How-not-to-hear-away-from-me-I-never-knew-you----A-Meditation-Track-e8heh3\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br>\nMany.<\/p>\n<p>Let that word sink in a moment.<\/p>\n<p><em>Many<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Not a few.<\/p>\n<p>Not a theoretical\u00a0group.<\/p>\n<p>Not a hypothetical warning.<\/p>\n<p>Many.<\/p>\n<p>Notice how complacent they are.<\/p>\n<p>Feel the pride.<\/p>\n<p>They think they are in.<\/p>\n<p>Prophesying. Casting out demons, mighty works.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we could add preaching and leading.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe writing a blog.<\/p>\n<p>Doing things \u2018in Jesus name\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Part of the \u2018in crowd\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Looking\u00a0terribly spiritual to others.<\/p>\n<p>But not to the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>No to the One who counts.<\/p>\n<p>Who sees through hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>Who examines\u00a0the heart.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25653\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25653\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2016\/12\/people-690810_1280-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Source: pixabay\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And says it is lacking.<\/p>\n<p>Lacking what?<\/p>\n<p>More activity?<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>More success in work or ministry?<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>More followers admiring you?<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>More legalistic following of rules?<\/p>\n<p>No.<\/p>\n<p>Lacking Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Lacking knowing Him.<\/p>\n<p>Lacking hearing from Him.<\/p>\n<p>Lacking obedience to Him.<\/p>\n<p>Lacking following Him from the heart.<\/p>\n<p>Lacking a foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Building impressive houses, that rest on shifting sands.<\/p>\n<p>Preparing for a fall.<\/p>\n<p>A fall that can come after decades of\u00a0faking it.<\/p>\n<p>Countless years of running on fumes.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking you can make it on your own.<\/p>\n<p>Fooling yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Believing you are doing God a favour.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25709\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25709\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2017\/01\/housefalling-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Pixabay.\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Pixabay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Avoiding the big sins that others notice.<\/p>\n<p>But pursuing your lusts in\u00a0the secret place.<\/p>\n<p>Loving Money rather than your maker.<\/p>\n<p>Being impatient with others less \u2018impressive\u2019 than yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Dispensing pain and rejection.<\/p>\n<p>Not love and acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>Praying pharisee prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Or not praying at all.<\/p>\n<p>Reading the Bible so you can help others.<\/p>\n<p>Writing impressive blog posts.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps even like this one?<\/p>\n<p>Counting the likes and shares.<\/p>\n<p>Mining passages for sermon ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Never\u00a0letting the Bible read you.<\/p>\n<p>Not submitting to the Surgeon\u2019s knife.<\/p>\n<p>Being concerned about the outside.<\/p>\n<p>But ignoring your own wicked, wayward heart.<\/p>\n<p>Faithless to the Faithful One.<\/p>\n<p>Flippant with the One who died for you.<\/p>\n<p>Neglecting the One who cares for you.<\/p>\n<p>Patting yourself on the back for things\u00a0His grace gave you.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulating yourself for achievements you didn\u2019t earn or deserve.<\/p>\n<p>Disaster strikes and you pray for once.<\/p>\n<p>But do you <em>really<\/em> turn back to Him?<\/p>\n<p>Success comes and with it relief.<\/p>\n<p>But do you <em>really<\/em> thank Him?<\/p>\n<p>Do you even believe in him any more?<\/p>\n<p>Do you <em>trust<\/em> him?<\/p>\n<p>Do you <em>love<\/em> him?<\/p>\n<p>Do you <em>know<\/em> him?<\/p>\n<p>Sinking into despair when finally you glimpse it.<\/p>\n<p>You have failed Him.<\/p>\n<p>You have lived for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly allowing the \u2018you\u2019 to become \u2018me\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018they\u2019 becomes \u2018I\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Finally standing alone before Him.<\/p>\n<p>Or kneeling, and feeling tears about to roll.<\/p>\n<p>I come for myself.<\/p>\n<p>I come with my sin and my shame.<\/p>\n<p>I come with my failure.<\/p>\n<p>I look to You.<\/p>\n<p>I empty myself of pride.<\/p>\n<p>Realise I have nothing to bring.<\/p>\n<p>I turn to You.<\/p>\n<p>I cry out to You.<\/p>\n<p>Not knowing what to say.<\/p>\n<p>My heart begins to stir.<\/p>\n<p>But then it wanders again.<\/p>\n<p>Alarm set early.<\/p>\n<p>But my bed remains inviting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25472\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25472\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/298\/2016\/01\/sheep-17482_550-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"Source: pixabay.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: pixabay.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I keep my appointment with You once.<\/p>\n<p>Twice.<\/p>\n<p>Three times and more.<\/p>\n<p>I will keep coming.<\/p>\n<p>I will keep seeking.<\/p>\n<p>I will keep knocking.<\/p>\n<p>I will ask you to shape me.<\/p>\n<p>Make me yours.<\/p>\n<p>Mold my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Bring this sheep back to the fold.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t let me\u00a0hear \u2018I never knew you!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Then it strikes me.<\/p>\n<p>I may have changed but You haven\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>And You whisper to me:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m still here and I love you!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve not given up on you.<\/p>\n<p>I will not let you go.<\/p>\n<p>You may not really know me, but I know you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And suddenly I realise.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not about me.<\/p>\n<p>Its all about Him.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not me that can make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s knowing Him that will change me.<\/p>\n<p>Like a father and child.<\/p>\n<p>I come dependent and dirty.<\/p>\n<p>He meets my needs,\u00a0and cleans me up.<\/p>\n<p>Washes me.<\/p>\n<p>Purer than snow?<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Purer than snow.<\/p>\n<p>Finally I admit\u00a0it.<\/p>\n<p>I am not worthy.<\/p>\n<p>But I <em>am<\/em> loved.<\/p>\n<p>I am prayed for.<\/p>\n<p>And I <em>am <strong>known.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"regular\"><strong><span class=\"woc\">Matthew 7:21-27<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"regular\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201cNot everyone who says to me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.<\/span>\u00a0<b> <\/b><span class=\"woc\">On that day <em><strong>many<\/strong><\/em> will say to me, \u2018Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<b> <\/b><span class=\"woc\">And then will I declare to them, \u2018<em><strong>I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.<\/strong><\/em>\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"regular\"><b> <\/b><span class=\"woc\">\u201cEveryone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.<\/span>\u00a0<b> <\/b><span class=\"woc\">And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. <\/span><span class=\"woc\">And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.<\/span>\u00a0<b> <\/b><span class=\"woc\">And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adrian reading this article: Video Audio Many. 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Just not all at once. Healing takes time. Compassion and patience carry us over a lifetime of change. These are the themes I explore in my books and in the articles I have written for Patheos since 2003. My writing draws on my scientific training as a doctor and psychiatrist, my work in the UK's National Health Service and the pharmaceutical industry, alongside more than twenty-five years as a member of a growing church where I served on the leadership team offering pastoral care. My perspective has also been shaped by chronic illness since 2017, when I developed life-threatening pneumonia that caused lasting damage to my body, triggered several further conditions, and uncovered a diagnosis of blood cancer. This was successfully treated, although doctors expect it to return in the future. Out of these experiences I founded Blood Cancer Uncensored, an online patient-led support community. I am the author of the Transformed by Jesus: Spiritual Renewal series of books, which ask: \u2192 Is the Easter story true, and what does it mean? Raised With Christ: How the Resurrection Changes Everything \u2192 Why is change so difficult? What causes the resistance? The Traitor Within: Understanding and Healing Our Deceitful Hearts \u2192 How does transformation happen over time? Amazing Grace: How Faith Grows in the Human Heart \u2192 What are the first steps on a journey of faith? Hope Reborn: How to Become a Christian and Live for Jesus These books bring together medical, psychological, social, and faith-based insights, advocating for a biopsychosocial\u2013spiritual model of wellbeing. My qualifications and training reflect this integrated background: \u2192 British MB BS medical degree (equivalent to an MD in the USA) \u2192 Postgraduate qualifications in Psychiatry (MRCPsych) and Pharmaceutical Medicine (MFFM, DipPharmMed) \u2192 Theological training courses run by Newfrontiers","sameAs":["http:\/\/patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adrianwarnockpage\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/adrianwarnock"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/author\/awarnock\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}