Hello, my name is Jonathan!
I was born into a Christian family, so from an early age I got to know the Bible, albeit not in great detail given my tender age.
Over the years I really learned a lot about God, but all that was not enough-I felt there was something missing, and I could not figure out what.
I was attending a church, I was behaving well, I didn’t see mistakes in myself that made me worse than others; on the contrary, I thought I was close to God since I knew so much about Him. Yet I felt an emptiness, a lack that I could not fill with anything.
All that until I met people who showed me a fundamental truth: knowing information about God is completely different from knowing God.
I certainly knew what Jesus had done in his life, I knew about the miracle of his
resurrection, but I never thought deep in my heart that he had done it for me because I saw myself as “close to God.”
From the moment I accepted Jesus into my life everything changed: I no longer felt that deep emptiness that numerous pieces of information could not fill; on the contrary, I felt and still feel full of love. I no longer considered myself “close to God” because of my knowledge, but I knew that Jesus came close to me giving me the possibility to accept Him as Savior.
I could make a long list of false truths I believed in which turned out to be wrong: knowing information about God is completely different from knowing God, I was not fit to approach God but He was loving enough to approach me despite my sin, I could go on for a long time…
What I can say with certainty, however, is that true and intimate knowledge of the Lord is the only thing that can satiate and quench my thirst completely. His presence alone is what makes all doubt cease, for in Him is every answer.
Chiesa Sharon Lanciano 