Getting to Know God

Getting to Know God

Ask, seek, knock. KNOW GOD.

Getting to know God takes a lifetime. But the journey is wonderful. How to go about it? By knocking, asking, and seeking. They are ways to get to know God. How do we then knock, ask, and seek? Let’s find out.

The important thing to know is that we all do fail in our pursuit of God once in a while. But the secret is persistence. When we consistently keep on knocking (entering into the presence of God), seeking (cultivating a relationship with God), and asking for help in our daily lives, we are getting to know God in the process.

“Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Whoever seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door is opened.“(Matthew 7: 7-8, CEB)

One of the most exciting things in life is learning to do ordinary things for God. When we become Christians, we don’t suddenly stop making dinners for our families. But now we can serve God while we prepare the meals. It does take some practice to get that mind-set that we are doing everything for God. But when we really get into serving God while we go about our everyday routines, we start seeing God’s presence in our lives in a very special way. This is seeking God’s will for our lives. This is getting to know God in the midst of our everyday lives. This is to cultivate a relationship with God.

When we pray as we work, we keep on getting to know God. When we ask for God’s help, we are less likely to worry about the matters in hand. When we ask for direction as we read the Bible, God will reveal his wisdom for us. When we ask God to show how we need to live out the Bible text we are reading, God will respond. This is asking for God’s help for our lives. This is getting to know God as we pray, study his Word, live our lives. This is to interact with God.

How about knocking then. I think knocking is the entering into God’s presence. It’s the crucial moment when we decide whether we seek God or somebody else. God will open the door, when we knock. This is also a way of getting to know God. Because of Jesus we are welcome into God’s presence anytime we knock. As C.S. Lewis has said “God is not proud…He will have us even though we have shown that we prefer everything else to Him.” So let’s keep on knocking on the right door. God wants to be found. God wants to be known. Thanks be to God!

 

Gracious God,
Thank you for always being there.
Thank you for drawing us to you again and again.
Give us persistence to keep on knocking, asking, seeking You.
Enable us to get to really know you.
We love you and we adore you.
Be praised forever and ever.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen

Q4U: How do you practice knocking, seeking, asking?

Be blessed, my fellow pilgrim, as you keep on getting to know God!

Giving thanks today for
#321 God wants to be found
#322 God wants to be known
#323 God rejoices when we seek, ask, knock.
#324 How good it feels to be in God’s presence.
#325 How wonderful it is to share our ordinary lives with God
#326 God always being there for us.
#327 God creating openness in us to know Him in his terms.
#328 Spring and new beginnings
#329 God’s mercy as we fail
#330 God’s joy when we return

Image courtesy of Charice Orozco. Linking up today with Sharing His Beauty & Hear it on Sunday, Use it on Monday &

6 thoughts on “Getting to Know God

  1. I am so loving getting to know God! It seems that the deeper I go with Him, the more I desire to know Him…and the more I desire to know Him, the deeper I go!  It is a wonderful cycle!

  2. M-
    The wonderful thing about getting to know God is that you can always come closer. When He invites us to obey he’s inviting us to come walk closer with him. The closer we walk the closer we get.
    Pax, John

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