Should I Say I Know?

 

 

Should I say, “I know,”

If I’ve a strong belief?

Oh yes, you should

If it brings relief.

 

Job said it, didn’t he

When severely tried?

“I know!” he stated emphatically,

It’s in Job 19:25.

 

Should I say, “I know,”

If it’s in God’s Word?

“I know Messiah comes,” she said,

When she had only heard.

 

The woman at the well

No longer had to hide,

Go yourself and check it out

In John 4 verse 25.

 

Should I say, “I know,”

If I strongly believe?

Of course, you should, my friend,

If from God you’ve received.

 

 

For “I know,” said Paul,

“Whom I have believed,”

As he shared with young Timothy

What he had received.

 

Should I say, “I know,”

When so many doubt?

Martha did, you would recall

And Jesus worked it out.

 

“He will rise,” she said,

In the resurrection,

Like Job, she too had believed,

In this revelation.

 

 

“I am the resurrection

And the life,” Jesus said,

“And he that believes in me

Shall live though dead.”

 

Should I say, “I know?”

Well, tell me why not,

Especially, as I’ve discovered,

God is all we’ve got.

 

Yes, I hear the rebuttal,

And I see it every day

Re those with their millions

Heading the wrong way.

 

They too say, “I know,”

Trusting in their wealth,

But what have they got, I ask,

When they’re facing death?

 

Their “I know” is mute

Unlike Job’s “I know”,

And all the wealth they have,

They still have to go.

 

 

In whom is your “I know”?

It had better be God,

For if it is not with all you’ve got

You have nothing at all.

 

Should I say, “I know,”

If in Christ Jesus I believe?

Oh yes, you should, my friend,

I trust you are relieved.

 

Stewart Russell © August 22, 2024