DO YOU KNOW GOD? !

Daniel 11:32 AMPC

And such as violate the covenant he shall pervert and seduce with flatteries, but the people who know their God shall prove themselves strong and shall stand firm and do exploits [for God].

 

After our “Dwell” conference last weekend, and because of the recurring point that we must truly know God, I felt led to rewrite and share this reflection. Let me ask you a particularly important and life-changing question:

Do you know God?

Do you know your God?

Many people do not see God in all His glorious sovereignty simply because they do not know Him. Most people call on a God with whom they have no real relationship or intimate knowledge. Many enjoy God’s blessings-as seen in Ezekiel 20:44-even without knowing Him, because God Himself is fulfilling His word says Hosea 2:20. To know God is to completely believe and accept His word as the truth, which is the very foundation of who God is.

Do you know the word, or do you believe the word? Some people know the word but don’t truly believe it, while others may not know as much, but they believe everything they read in the Scriptures.

To know your God, you must invest your time, heart, senses, and will in pursuing His word, as 2 Timothy 2:15 encourages. Essentially, you must dwell in God, because it is in dwelling in Him that we come to truly know Him.

God is the God of absolute truth. As the sovereign Creator of all things, God established truth and righteousness, which are fully revealed in His creation and especially in His Word according to Psalm 19.

The person who knows their God is not timid or fearful. They do not complain or moan when things don’t go their way. Their security is not in themselves, but in the knowledge of their worth and value in the eyes of God as seen in Psalm 46:5.

Do you know your God?

To be strong and do the great exploits God promised in Scripture, we need to intimately engage the Lord at every level-to get to know the Lord’s heartbeat.

Many people today believe they know God-the Savior, the King of kings-but sadly, many only know about God: facts about Him, not the details and person of God Himself. There is a difference.

So, let’s address this question once again: 

Do you know God, or do you just know about God?

Psalm 18:2-3 gives us a glimpse of who God is. Do you see God as your Rock, Fortress, Saviour, Protector, Shield, Strength, and Stronghold?

Is the Lord worthy of your praise? Absolutely! He made you-one valued and worth the blood of the Lamb and His eternal love.

Would you not imprint the Lord and His word on your heart, expressing it in your life just as He has your name imprinted on His hands as declared Isaiah 49:16? God, in His mercy and love, has you imprinted on His hand-a show and tell the enemy that He has no intention of forgetting or letting you go. How about you? What is your show and tell the world that you love God and have no plans of ignoring or forgetting Him?

Do you know God enough to call Him Father, as in Romans 8:15? 

Enough to call Him the righteous Judge according to Psalm 7:11? Or a friend, as in 1 Samuel 12:22?

Whatever you think about God, be sure you know the full extent of His love and sacrifice for you-so you can truly know Him as described in John 3:16. You spend time with the ones you love and can talk about them all the time because you know them intimately. Apply that principle to knowing the Lord-not just knowing about Him, but having a deep, experiential knowledge of who your Father, God, and Friend is.

The power to do great exploits is in knowing your God, as evidenced by Daniel and his friends. When you know God, you will be strong and do exploits.

Do you know your God?

PRAYER: Father, thank You for being everything to me. Help me to abide in You and grow in the knowledge of You as I continue to know You as my Saviour, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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