by Emily Wooten
John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
It is God’s will that we know him in a personal and intimate fellowship. Paul was led by the Holy Spirit to pray that God would dwell in their hearts and they would comprehend the love of Christ.
Ephesians 3:14-19 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
We believe the bible is meant for us, for our instruction and given to teach us. God is showing us through Paul’s prayer that he wants his church to know and understand him. How can we walk in his precepts if we don’t know them. In Paul’s prayer for the Colossians we see that God wants us to increase in the knowledge of God.
Colossians 1:9-12 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Scripture reveals to us God’s will to save us, heal us and know us. God, the eternal, self existing creator, who was and is and is to come: the God who can measure the entire universe with a grain of sand; the all powerful redeemer wants us to know him, not just know of him.
As we move into this week, let’s make it our purpose to be vulnerable with him. Let’s listen from his heart to be revealed to us and plan time to hear him and cherish his presence.