To Know Him by David Jeremiah

To Know Him  That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. Philippians 3:10 We don’t have to look far in America to meet a person from another culture. Those of us who have lived in the same culture all our life can’t imagine how difficult the transition must be: a new language, new money, new people, new customs, new almost-everything. The first day? Challenging! A year later? Gaining knowledge! Five years later? Still gaining knowledge!

Recommended Reading: 1 John 5:20

It takes time and desire to learn new things. And the same goes for knowing God. The apostle Paul wrote that his chief goal in life was to “know [Christ]”—His power and His presence in fellowship. Paul spent his pre-conversion years learning the Old Testament and his post-conversion years getting to know the One to whom the Old Testament pointed. And how long did Paul imagine it would take? For the rest of his life (Philippians 3:13-14). He forgot everything else and made knowing Christ his rest-of-life goal. Being born into God’s Kingdom is like moving to a new culture: It takes time and desire to know the King and His Kingdom. Don’t let today pass without gaining more knowledge of Him.