In any endeavor in life, the success or failure depends to a large extent on a perfect understanding of the nature and personality of the various parties involved in the enterprise, as born again believers, we are in a relationship with the heavenly father, and its essential for us to know this God with whom we are dealing, He’s taken His time to give us His word which reveals Him unto us in ways in which we could otherwise not have known, but the sad thing is, most people just want to turn this God into someone they use for the fulfillment of their selfish gains, that is, they want his goodies without the added effort of getting to know Him personally, not knowing that His best is reserved for people who have taken time out to obey Christ’s charge that says, “Seek and ye shall find”.

Its natural as human beings that we tend to trust only people we know, we live in a day and age where there are all sorts of phonies which emphasize the frailty of human relationships, its difficult for people to take the words of strangers with a pinch of salt, I think we as Christians have carried this into our experiences with God, people read Gods word and discover the things He’s spoken over their lives, the get excited but before they get carried away, something in them tells them, ‘wait a minute, how are you sure this isn’t just one of those feel good stuff, you better slow down and don’t take this too seriously before you get your finger burnt’, this is a natural feeling, and people tend to yield to it mainly because they haven’t taken time out to really get to know God for themselves, it’s a whole new world all together when you know Him, when you do, you wont have a problem with fully trusting Him, and until you trust Him, you might not get the best out of your walk with Him, God is revealed to us through His name and word, but He says He honors His word more than His name, so we must go after His word with all of the strength we can muster.

One of my favorite verses in the bible is found in Dan 11:32b, it says, but the people that do know their God shall be strong and do exploits. What a piece of information, conversely, they that do not know their God shall be weak and they shall be exploited, whatever you are experiencing right now, can be directly linked to how much of God you know, if you are experiencing worry, depression and anxiety, you have a need to know God as Jehovah Shalom, the one who is our peace, if you are experiencing sickness in your body and ill health, guess what? You have a need to know the Jehovah Rapha and that Christ himself took all your infirmities and diseases, you might quote a few scriptures and say you know I believe it says somewhere in the bible that ‘by His stripes I am healed’, but you haven’t taken time out to see, I mean really see Him take those diseases on the cross, or else you will be healed instantly.

I know a lot of people might be offended because it sounds like I am being some how critical and sounding a little hard, but its not my aim to make any body mad, the essence of this article and this whole ministry is to reveal truths in Gods word in ways that people can practically apply them to their lives and get desirable results, if you are not operating at the level of victory that’s promised all believers in the bible may be its time for you to take an inventory of your life and try to do things differently, it is possible to live a life where all your needs are met, its possible to be free of sickness and diseases, its possible to be filled with joy irrespective of what happens, it all depends on how much you decide to walk in the truth of Gods word that you have taken time out to know for yourself.

Ps 9:10 says, and they that know they name will put their trust in thee, for thou Lord, has not forsaken them that seek thee. This is exactly in line with what we are talking about here, its not about what happens on the outside, its all about what's on your inside, the trials of life happen to just about every single one of us, but you’ve got to have your house built on a solid ground, if not, when the storms of life come your house will crumble and you’ll have to shelter at your neighbors place, the reality is nobody builds in a storm.

Its amazing how many times the apostle Paul makes mention of the words ‘know’ or better still ‘know ye not’, its not just about knowing God, although that’s a good place to start, we have to know the things that are ours by virtue of our relationship with Him, the biggest weapon the evil one uses against Christians is their own ignorance, wrong knowledge will always produce wrong results, guaranteed, Gods word not only reveals God to us, it also shows us who we are in Him, 2Chor 3:18 says, But we all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. God word is like a mirror, it shows us a picture of the real us, and teaches us how to be the best God wants us to be, its up to us to get to know both the word of God and the God of the word, Job 19:25a says, I know that my redeemer liveth, it was the knowledge of who God was that sustained Job in his predicament, Ps 46:10a says, Be still and know that I am God, that’s a very useful advice, in this our age of the jet speed, and the faith is now movement, too many people get involved in too many things all in the name of activity, be still, be quiet, learn to be sober and seek for Gods way out of every situation, Ps 4:4 says, Stand in awe, and sin not, commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still, this generation definitely needs this advice.

When Jesus was giving his farewell charge to His disciples one of the things He promised was that He was going to give eternal life to as many as accept Him, Jn 17:3 says, And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent, radical statement sir, Christ is saying, you want the abundant life, the very life of God? Then you’ve got to know Him in a way that even when all hell is breaking loose, your trust in Him is still unshaken, in 2 Tim 1:12b Paul the apostle says, For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. Trust real trust and full persuasion only comes from right knowledge of God and His ability to come through no matter what, I pray and hope that the things we have shared in this article will fire up in you the desire to get to know God more, God bless you.