Well Acquainted – The Presidential Prayer Team

Agree with God, and be at peace. – Job 22:21

How well acquainted are you with God? Sure, you are aware that He exists, and you recognize some of His attributes, and maybe have experienced His provision. But are you truly acquainted? The Collins English Dictionary says that if you are acquainted with someone you have a personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, and direct information, and you are probably in social contact. In other words, you have a relationship. Many claim a relationship with God based on ceremony or formality, but on a personal level have little in the way of fellowship.

In other translations, today’s verse says, “Acquaint thyself with Him” (KJV), “Be reconciled with Him” (NASB), “Submit to God” (NIV), or “Get to know God” (ISV). All of the versions agree that the resulting benefit of agreeing, being acquainted, reconciled, submitted, or getting to know Him is being at peace. How wonderful is that?

Do you have personal evidence of His mercy, His love, and His faithfulness toward you? How conversant are you with God? He is the answer to all the problems you face. Follow the dictionary definition and expand your acquaintance with Him through study, experience, and direct information. Learn, listen, and obey and you will receive His peace.

Pray for the military leaders and troops returning from Afghanistan to seek true peace with the Father who loves them. Those who seek Him will surely find Him.

Today’s Verse: Job 22:21

Agree with God, and be at peace;
thereby good will come to you.

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Recommended for further reading: Deuteronomy 28:1-14

28 “And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. ²And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. ³Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. ⁴Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. ⁵Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. ⁶Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

⁷“The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. ⁸The Lord will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. ⁹The Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways. ¹⁰And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you. ¹¹And the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. ¹²The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. ¹³And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them, ¹⁴and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.