Thursday, June 20, 2024
My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you, Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding; For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures; Then you will discern the fear of the LORD And discover the knowledge of God. Proverbs 2:1-5
Know - Trust - Seek
Do you know God? Many believe that coming to church every week, volunteering where needed, or teaching a class is all that is required or expected of them as a Christian. But there is so much more. Abundant life is ours if we do more than just fill a pew every Sunday morning. When we become Christians, we become followers of Jesus. If we really want to follow him, then we will get to know him, trust him, and seek him all the days of our lives.
Knowing God - God's Word is clear when it comes to knowing God. Knowledge of God is based on what God has said and shown about Himself – not what man has accepted. When we seek knowledge of God in the proper way, a relationship with the person of God will be a natural result.
So the question at hand is, GOD: WHO IS HE? Most people today, whether religious or non-religious would acknowledge the existence of God. But the concept of who God is differs widely among people.
So the question at hand is, GOD: WHO IS HE? Most people today, whether religious or non-religious would acknowledge the existence of God. But the concept of who God is differs widely among people.
God’s identity is found in His experience with those who have gone before us. How does this knowledge of God come to people?
For many it is the basis of experience. Comfort, forgiveness, and mercy in experience. People love to talk about of what God has done for sickness, sin, and uncertainty. But there is only one place we can go to find a true concept of who God is, and that is the Bible, where God reveals Himself to man. We find in Exodus 3:13-14, that Moses asks the basic question we are asking, Who is God?
God Is One Who Comes Near & Invites Us to Know Him The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush…Exodus 3:1-6
Moses was tending sheep in the desert and was approached by God who identified Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Moses knew the history of God appearing and intervening on the behalf of His people. It had been through God appearing to Abraham that a nation was born. Though each generation must discover God for themselves, He does not have to reveal Himself the same way repeatedly. Many have had “burning bush” experiences without a flame but God still comes near. After Moses, God kept coming nearer until ultimately, He came near through the incarnation of His Son Jesus Christ through whom we are invited to come near to Him. God is not some imaginary being who floats around up in the recess of outer space, He makes Himself known to His people, asking them to come near to Him.
When we know him, we will trust him and when we trust him we will seek him. When we seek him, we will get to know him more, trust him more, and seek him more. And this is the cycle we will be on for the rest of our lives if we are following him.
Where is God meeting you? Look for Him in your everyday places and listen for Him calling out to you. And go to His living word to find Him also. The very words the Bible contains are spoken by God for our comprehending the truth about Him and to lead us in righteousness. God has spoken and continues to speak to us through His living word.
But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 2:13)
