The Fourth Window

"Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the Lord.” 
Jeremiah 9:23-24 (NIV)

There is something I came across recently called the Johari Window. It is a model that maps four quadrants of how we know ourselves. 

Quadrant 1 is open – what you and others both know about you, the public version. 

Quadrant 2 is the blind spots that others see in you that you can't see in yourself. 

Quadrant 3 is what you know but deliberately hide from everyone else. 

And then there's the fourth quadrant, the part of you that nobody knows, not you and not anyone around you.

That's exactly where God comes in. He knows the public you, the hidden you, and every blind spot you've never been able to see. He even knows what's in that fourth window. And with full knowledge of all of it, He still invites you to know Him back.

Jeremiah says the one thing worth boasting about is having the understanding to know God. He doesn’t mean quoting a lot of facts about Him, but actually living closely with Him. I’m talking about a relationship that reaches into every part of your life, including the parts you haven’t realized yet.

Before you open your Bible today, pray that God gives you more than information. Seek to know Him the way He already knows you. He answers that prayer every single time.

Prayer: Father, thank You for knowing me completely. You even see the parts I think I can hide and those things I don’t even know yet. I want to know You as personally as You know me. Meet me in Your Word today. In Jesus' Name, Amen.