My Thoughts on Knowing God Through His Word

Believers, let me ask you this:

If we do not know the Word of God, how will we know the character of God?
If we do not know the character of God, how can we know who God is?
If we do not know who God is, how can we know who we are in Him?
If we do not know the Word of God, the character of God, who God is, or who we are in Him, then how will we ever know the will of God for our lives?

If…“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1) Then, the beginning to knowing God is putting the Word of God first in your relationship with God.

Before we get any further let me preface by saying that I am in no way discounting the power of prayer…I’d be a fool. Rather, I am seeking to greater emphasize the power of the Word, and how the power of the Word magnifies the power of prayer. What caveman brain trying say is:

“Words in Bible make prayer stronger…uhg”

Too often we forget that “The Word (our Bible) became flesh and made His dwelling among us…” (John 1:14)

So many times we seek to know God only through prayer, or mainly through prayer, which means many times we are doing all the talking (since it is very rare that prayer is seen as a two way conversation). Please name for me any other relationship you’ve had where you intimately knew a person by continuously engaging in one-sided conversations with them. If you named more than exactly 0 persons you are delusional.

When we do not seek to know Christ first through the word I believe we are putting our proverbial cart before the horse. Now that is not to say that one must fully know and comprehend the entire Word of God in order to begin a relationship with Him, but if we truly want to know the Word, know Christ, know God’s character, know God, and know God’s will for our lives, then we should strive for nothing less.

Thomas, in John 14:5, says “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Jesus answers him in verse 6 with a passage many of you will find very familiar. “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Constantly we are seeking the will of God. I challenge that if we first know the Word of God we will in shorter time know the will of God.

We so often ask God to bless our endeavors, whether in business, school, family, health, travel, missions, and so on. Too often for many believers we have no power in our prayer because they lack substance. Even though we pray to an all-powerful God, if what we are praying for doesn’t match the Word of God or the character of God, it is not going to match GOD! Therefore, it will never, ever, ever, match the will of God.

Thanks for reading,

Heath