#knowing god

As the Day Begins “The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling.” — Ephesians 1:18 There are things we can see perfectly well with our physical eyes and still fail to understand spiritually. We can read Scripture, attend worship, listen to sermons, and know the familiar language of faith while remaining strangely untouched by the living…

As the Day Begins “I know whom I have believed.” — 2 Timothy 1:12 There is a world of difference between knowing something about God and actually knowing God. Paul did not say, “I know what I believe,” although doctrine certainly mattered to him. He said, “I know whom I have believed.” His confidence rested in a Person. Christianity, at its heart, is not merely agreement with theological…

As the Day Ends “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out!” — Romans 11:33 There is a quiet kind of relief in admitting that God is beyond us. We spend much of life trying to understand. We want explanations. We want patterns. We want to know why things happened, why prayers were answered one way and not…

True worship begins with knowing the true God — not one shaped by our own hands or preferences. Image generated by ChatGPT. Christians ought to worship God as He reveals Himself, not according to our own imagination. The second commandment forbids more than carved idols. “You shall not make for yourself a carved image” (Exodus 20:4). It also warns against shaping God into whatever image suits…

Jeremiah 22:15 “Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. 16 “He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then it was well. Is not that what it means to know Me?” Declares the LORD. Then, as now, teenagers and younger adults seem to have a hard time learning from their parents. If you…