“To Know Him is to Love Him.” That song, referring to an earthly love, was a number one hit in the late 1950s and has been sung by many famous artists. Better knowing your earthly love may or may not cause you to love him or her more. But, with God, the better you know Him, the more you love and trust Him.
“Knowing” God is an intimate term, implying a love relationship with a personal God, a supreme being who lives, loves, plans, and acts. The Bible is full of personal and emotional descriptions of our Father, Jesus Christ our Lord, and the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. “Head knowledge” is beneficial, but we are called to develop “heart knowledge” as well.
You get to know the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit by studying God’s self-revelation, the Bible, and following Him. His Word says as we obey, we grow in knowledge. A wonderful cycle is one of the blessings of obedience.
Blessing of Obedience
Walk in a manner worthy of the Lord
Which leads to
Pleasing Him in all respects
Which leads to
Bearing fruit in every good work
Which leads to
Increasing in the knowledge of God. (See Colossians 1:10)
Then
We know Him better
and because we know Him better,
We love Him more,
So we keep His commandments better, walking in a manner worthy of the Lord.
Questions for you:
Are you regularly reading the Bible?
Are you striving better to know our Almighty God?
Are you striving to follow Him more closely?
From When Storms Come: Will You Be Ready? pp. 15-16.
