If someone asks, “How well can a human really KNOW God?”, Jesus has to be the example. He was as human as me and you at one time. So, when the Father said, “Jesus, that mountainside of people need fed”, and Jesus saw what the disciples were holding, He knew God well enough to look up, bless what was there, and begin breaking with expectation. We can know God THAT well.
Jesus said He only did what He perceived the Father doing and only spoke what He heard the Father say. With Jesus’ responses as our example:
A woman was flung down before Jesus, having been caught in an act of adultery. Jesus said, “I do not condemn you. Go home and stop doing that.” We can know the heart of God toward sinners that well.
He said it wasn’t Him that did the healing, it was the Father in Him. As a human with the Spirit of God, Jesus was on His way to heal a sick child. He began confidently walking toward the sickness expecting it to be defeated because He knew God didn’t send sickness. We can know God that well.
On His way to bring healing to the child, Jesus perceived through the Spirit that healing had gone out of His body at the touch of someone in need. If Jesus heard the Father’s instructions to confront the woman’s fear of being accepted (after being culturally “unclean” for more than a decade) by speaking peace and acknowledging her value and her faith, we can hear God that well.
The gospels are full of the exploits of Jesus. All that Jesus did on the earth was out of what a human being, full of the Holy Spirit, learned about the Father and put into action to demonstrate the love and power of the Father toward us. We can know God that well.
Jesus was a human, tempted like we have been, but never sinned. How well did Jesus know God? Well enough that He heard God call Him “Son”. Jesus knew God well enough that He was in a relationship with Him as the Father who would keep His Word, protect and provide (before the garden surrender, there were incidents of Jesus walking through people who intended to kill Him, yet He was unharmed).
As a human, Jesus knew God as Father. Not the flawed fatherhood of humanity, but the perfect Father who is undefeatable, never angry, not withholding anything good. We can know God that well and enjoy fellowship with Him.
Jesus knew He could walk in (and use) the Father’s power. He knew the Father had given it to Him to show God’s intention toward mankind. He understood the Father’s love. We can know God so well that we are bold to walk in His power.
Jesus knew that His physical life would end,and God would receive Him and raise Him up. The present, temporary circumstances are defeated when eternity is understood.
With Jesus as our example, humans can know God that well. We just have to ask.
“Father, teach me what You taught Jesus. Move through me as You did Him. Whether it’s a few fish sticks for belly hunger or hope in a mountain of hopelessness, may I feed people with what You have given me. “
For His Glory 