pshhhhh...who needs a wizard?

I have watched the Wizard of Oz at least one hundred times in my 37 years of life if not more. In all these times, I learned that the scarecrow didn't need a brain to be smart, the tin man didn't need a heart to love and lion was full of courage he just didn't know it. What I didn't grab a hold of was the Ruby Red Slippers! Yes, I realized that she had to power to get herself home the entire time but she didn't know it. Silly girl, right?

But this time I was watching it and the very first scene with Dorothy and the Wicked Witch of the West went like this...

Wicked Witch of the West: Give me back my slippers. I’m the only one that knows how to use them. They are of no use to you. Give them back to me. Give them back.
Glenda: Keep tight in them. Their magic must be very powerful or she wouldn’t want them so badly.


Think about this a minute! The wicked witch KNEW the power of the ruby red slippers. Glenda KNEW the power of the ruby red slippers. Then there was poor ol' Dorothy with all this power and clueless.

Sound familier? Are you walking around wearing a pair of ruby red slippers and have no idea the power they hold?

Look at it another way...the witch KNEW, Glenda KNEW...what if we KNEW?? There is something powerful in knowing something. When you know that you know that you know...NOTHING or NOONE can persuade you. YOU WILL NOT BE MOVED. I know from my past experience that if I hear something once or twice I am gonna forget it eventually but if I know it, even if I forget momentarily, it can be easily remember if need be (kinda like that silly Algebra that had to be taken in highschool)

My challenge to you:

Do you KNOW that God gave his only son to die for you or have you just HEARD it? Do you KNOW that he provides a way when no way seems possible? Do you KNOW that when noone else is there Jesus is? Do you KNOW that God wants to give you the desires of your heart?

Don't spend your entire life on the yellow brick road trying to find your way back to Kansas. You should KNOW the way. Don't count on someone else to tell you. Don't count on remembering something you heard a pastor say one Sunday in a sermon. Get in the word. KNOW it. Once you know something, it's yours! It's yours meaning that it cannot be taken away from you. It belongs to you.

Imagine that for a minute. Knowing that you are the beloved's and the beloved is yours. Again, key word is KNOWING...

Do you know if you are a believer that you possess the power that can take you anywhere in this life? Do you know it enough to believe it? Do you really KNOW it? I don't think I KNOW yet but I think I am well on my way!