Rom 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?"
Do you know God? I don’t mean knowing God like you know your phone number or the recipe for grandma’s double-layer chocolate fudge cake. Nobody gets very excited about recipe but everyone wants to taste the cake.
You probably have been told some facts about God. You know he is Creator and that he sent His son, Jesus, to die on a cross for sin. Those truths are not to be diminished. In fact, believing them is essential to salvation. But do you have more than head knowledge about God? I mean, “Have you tasted how good he is?”
I have a wife whom I have known for over 15 years. I also know the guy who changes the oil in my car. But I know my wife in a way that I do not know Mr. Goodwrench. What’s the difference? When I think of what I know about my wife I feel something in my heart. Not a syrupy emotionalism. But a motivation to be with her, share life with her, and even learn more about her. I’m always wondering what she is thinking and often ask to find out.
The knowledge of God is inexhaustible. When you initially come to know God through Christ, you begin a quest for more of the knowledge of God that goes beyond the facts and acts of God. But when we stop seeking knowledge we stop growing in our faith. Hosea 4:6 says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you.” God knows our first step toward destruction is failing to seek knowledge of him.
God longs to reveal more of Himself to you. Psalm 103:7 says, “He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel.” Don’t you want to be like Moses? Don’t just be content to know his “acts.” Seek to know his “ways.” You can know God on an experiential level. As you take your life and all its heartaches and joys to God you will begin to see how God works and why he is doing what he is doing.
Don’t be content knowing recipes about God. He wants you to know the taste of how good He is.