“But grow...in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”~ 2 Pet. 3:1
The emphasis today seems to be on grace at the expense of knowledge. As essential as the grace of God is in our lives, the knowledge of God is just as important. They are Siamese twins; where you find one, you will find the other. If you are to experience “true grace,” you’ll have to know God.
Where we fail is in not discerning between the initial knowing and the intimate knowing of God. Paul illustrates this when he said, “I know whom I have believed”; the initial knowledge. But twenty-five years later his prayer was, “That I may know him...” This has to do with intimate knowledge. A man certainly knows his wife at the altar, but nothing like he does after having lived with her for over fifty years. This type of knowledge is acquired only by time.
The prophet of old promises, “Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord.” This is not instantaneous, but continuous. It is this type of person Daniel refers to when he records, “...but the people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits.” The absence of the knowledge of God can be destructive to the Christian life. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge...” If we want to know Him better, then we will need to “Search the scriptures” for they speak of Him.
Many know a lot about God, who know very little of God.