Knowing God

When we think about who God is we are thinking the most important things in all of life.  Who is God?  How does Jesus reveal God to us?  Can we know God?  Some of the things the Bible tells us about God might help us flesh out this person we must get to know;  a God who desperately wants us to know Him:

Holy, sovereign, Almighty, creator, redeemer

Loving, gracious, merciful, faithful, Good

Omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent

Transcendent, immanent

Alpha and omega, the beginning and the end

King of Kings, Lord of Lords

God who was, is, and is to come

The Holy Spirit, comforter, advocate, counselor

The door, gate, the good shepherd

The bread of life, the Living Water

The way, the truth, the life

Savior, Lord, friend, author and perfecter of our faith

The soon and coming King

The lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world

(From Patrick Morley;  Pastoring Men)

I believe the first and last step in having Faith in God is Knowing God.  If we don’t know fully who He is, it is difficult to trust Him in the full ways we are asked to.  The more I know who God is, the more I know God personally, the more I am willing to place my life in His hands.