Daniel 11:32 AMP
With smooth words [of flattery and praise] he will turn to godlessness those who [are willing to] disregard the [Mosaic] covenant, but the people who [are spiritually mature and] know their God will display strength and take action [to resist].
I want to ask you a particularly important and life-changing question.
Do you know your God?
Many people do not see God in all His glorious sovereignty, because they do not know Him. Most people call on the God whom they don’t have a relationship with or have an intimate knowledge of. Ezekiel 20:44 and Hosea 2:20. To know God is to completely believe and accept His word for the truth that is the bedrock of God’s person.
To know your God, you need to invest your time, heart, senses, and will in pursuit of the word says 2 Timothy 2:15.
God is the God of absolute truth. God as the sovereign Creator of all things, established truth and righteousness are fully revealed in His creation and specifically in His Word in Psalm 19.
The person who knows their God is not timid, they are not fearful, they do not complain and moan when things don’t go their way and are secure not in themselves but the knowledge of their worth and value in the eyes of God, see Psalm 46:5.
Do you know your God?
For us to be strong and do the great exploits God promised in the scriptures, we need to intimately engage the Lord on every level to get to know the Lord’s heartbeat.
So many people today believe that they know God, the Savior, the King of kings, but unfortunately, all a lot of people may know is about God, facts about God, not the details and person of God. There is a difference.
So, let’s address this question once again. Do you know God, or do you know about God?
Psalm 18:2-3 tells us briefly who God is. Do you see God as your: Rock, fortress, savior, protector, shield, strength, and stronghold?
Is the Lord worthy of your praise? He is because He made you, one valued and worth the blood of the lamb and His eternal love.
Would you not imprint the Lord and His word on your heart, expressed in your life as He has your name imprinted in His hands in Isaiah 49:16. God, in His mercy and love, have you imprinted on His hand, a show and tell the enemy that He has no intention of forgetting you or letting you go. How about you? What’s your show and tell to the world that you love God, and have no plans of ignoring and forgetting Him?
Do you know God enough to call Him Father as indicated in Romans 8:15?
Enough to call Him the righteous judge in Psalm 7:1? Or a friend as 1 Samuel 12:22?
Whatever you think about God, be sure you know the full extent of His love and sacrifice for you to get to know Him in John 3:16. You spend time with the ones you love and can talk about them all the time because you know them intimately, apply that principle to knowing the Lord, of Him, about Him, and be empowered with revelational and experiential knowledge of who your Father, God, and friend is. The power to do great exploit is in knowing your God as evidenced by Daniel and his friends. When you know God, you’ll be strong and do exploits.
Do you know your God?
Shalom
