To know God

14 June 2011

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

What is it to want to know God? Knowledge is personal empowerment and the more knowledge we have the more power we have in making decisions and living our life. This knowledge accumulates in us and becomes part of who we are and so we are influenced by what we know and our capacity to understand. At the same time the very knowledge itself programmes our way of thinking and so also our understanding. So when we are exposed to information and learning we need to be aware that all that we see, all that we hear, all that we touch, all that we smell and all that we taste is influenced by that we which we are exposed to.

So when we want to know more about God and the things of God we must be aware that all knowledge that we do have is only that which God has revealed to us, through Holy Scripture and human experience of the revelation from God. We may debate and gain much knowledge but essentially there is a mystery about God, for no matter how much we want to know God, we are limited by our own human capacity. We either believe God exists or we do not, and our starting point will always rest on this basic belief. For those who do not believe that God exists, then for them He does not, and for those that do, He does. The beginning of all knowledge about God is that He exists and His existence is self-sufficient and independent of human kind, the second part of this is that awesome fear as the beginning of process, and that faith is the start of our understanding to know God, not the end.

Be encouraged today to desire to know God.

David

Point to ponder: Seek God.

Question to consider:  Do you seek to know God?

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