To Know Him Better

 DEVOTION

THE LETTER TO THE EPHESIANS

TO KNOW HIM BETTER

Eph 1:15-23

15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.

NIV

How much do we know God? Do we know Him enough or are we still in need to know him better? Then we wonder if we are always remembering others in our prayers and asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give them the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so they may know him better. Then we wonder if any is remembering us in prayer asking the glorious Father to give us the Spirit of wisdom and understanding that we might know Him better. However, we think that we all have this Spirit dwelling within us and therefore should we not already have the Spirit of wisdom and understanding? He is the same Spirit that leads us into all truth and so if we are listening to the truth, which would be the wisdom of God, and He gives us understanding, so then we already have what is needed to know God better. Plus, we have something those in Ephesus did not, no matter how much wisdom and revelation they received. We have the complete, comprehensive word of God that is chuck full of the wisdom of God and with the complete revelation of Jesus Christ so that we can know Him not just better, but know Him fully. Although, it is doubtful that we have comes to the point of fully knowing Him, and so we are always in need of studying His word while listening to the Spirit who opens our hearts and mind to all the truth within God’s word. Therefore, we are constantly in need of knowing Him better, but we do have all the resources at our fingertips and the Spirit within in order to know Him better and better each day. That should be our main focus in life, to know Him better. We do have to live our daily lives on earth, with all the complexities that entail, and so we cannot spend all day, every day in full-out study of His word. However, as we do, we can start each day with a little study, finding some truth, with the guidance of the spirit, so that we can ponder on whatever amount of truth has been revealed to us. In this way at least, we can learn something to help us know Him better.