How well do you know yourself? How well do you know your spouse? How well do you know your parents? How well do you know your children? How well do you know your friends? How well do you know your co-workers? How well do you know God?
Knowing ourselves can be challenging. We can deceive ourselves. We can want to be a certain type of person so bad that we can convince ourselves that is who we are. But if we take the time to dig deep, look deep inside, we can see who we really are.
When it comes to knowing someone else, it is even more challenging than knowing ourselves. For everyone, including ourselves, portray an image of who we want to be or who we think others want us to be. No matter how honest we are, we never reveal everything we think nor everything about ourselves. There is always something hidden deep down inside.
The Apostle Paul uses this truth about us to reveal a truth about God. Though God has revealed much about himself, his plan, and how he has worked in the world, we cannot know everything about him. First, just as we cannot know everything about someone else, we cannot not fully know God. Second, because God is Spirit, only the Spirit can fully know God. This does not mean we should stop seeking to know God better any less than we seek to know our spouse better. In fact, we should seek to know God more than we seek to know any other person.
I pray we all seek to know God better. I pray we understand we cannot fully know God. I pray each one of us will continue to build our relationship with God, growing closer to him each day. Seek to know God better. Continue to build your relationship with him. Ask God to reveal himself to you.
1 Corinthians 2:10-11 God has revealed to us through the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For what human knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God.
Marty Pressey 