Good day! “’No se’ means, “I don’t know,” in Spanish. Saturday a three-year-old bilingual child exercised his options of responding to his mother in Spanish or English. He chose the former, Spanish, answering, “No se.”
The three-year-old had options, but he seemed to respond naturally without much thought at all. Let me make something clear or reinforce something you clearly know already. There are some situations, scenarios, and settings where we should respond without any thought whatsoever, not in our speech or our actions. However, our answers cannot be “No se.” Our answers need to be based on what we know for sure, based on our knowledge contained in the word. Let me just give you a few scriptures to reinforce that our response should be “Yo se.” “Yo se” means “I know” in Spanish.
“Know that the Lord Himself is God.
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves.
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture (Psalm 100:3 NASB).”
“He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see. (John 9:25 NASB)”
“This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him. (John 5:14-15 NASB)”
“I know how to get along with little, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:12-13 NASB)”
“And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life (I John 5:20 NASB)
“Yet as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last, He will take His stand on the earth. Even after my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh I will see God, Whom I, on my part, shall behold for myself,
and whom my eyes will see, and not another. My heart faints within me! (Job 19: 25-27 NASB).”
This morning, I have given you a short story, a short Spanish lesson, and a short presentation of passages from the bible. It may all be “short,” from my perspective, but surely it is perfect in length to start your day, ensuring you are God-conscious, Christ centered, and ready to walk confidently by faith. You ought to be saying, “Yo se!” Have a great Thursday! Oh! Did you need one more verse to keep in mind as you go through the day? Well, let me not disappoint you. See the closing verse. Be blessed!
“I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.” (Jeremiah 29:11 The Message Bible)
Committed to the climb,
Mark L. King