Knowing God by seeking to know God

Its a funny thing, that the God of the Universe would move so that we could know Him. An infinite unfathomable God gave us both Jesus and the Holy Spirit so that we could know and love Him better.

Without the movement of God toward us, we would never be able to know or see Him. Forever veiled in our own sin and destruction we would never experience Glory without God showing it to us. Paul said "For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known." (1 Corinth 13:12).

Paul then prays for us that "the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power" (Eph 1:17-18). Now there is quite a lot of stuff to unpack in that prayer, but notice that he prays for us to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation as we come to know God. Also that he finishes these verses noting that we only believe by the working of God's great power.

The knowledge of God is really nothing that we can strive for or study or take pride in. Rather it is a gift of grace, fully given to us in the form of Jesus Christ on earth. All we can do is pray for wisdom and revelation and allow the Spirit to move in our lives. We need to remember that it is a gift to know God and we should rejoice in it; not compete with it. We should use this gift to help others to understand the Gospel and Grace of God. Its not knowing God, its seeking God that fulfills our purpose here on earth.

Knowledge should spur us on to fruit and community. The apostle ends the 13th chapter is 1 Corinthians by encouraging us:

And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

Praise God.