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When the fullness of time came, Jesus, the Son of God entered our timeline in swaddling clothes, and made His dwelling among us. Jesus, the second person of the Trinity, the Word who created the world and all that is in it, became flesh to give us eternal life, and eternal life, He said, is to know the only One and true God.

The Son of God took human form and humbled himself to the point of death to redeem us. What for? So that we may know the Father. And this we know because it is written in His book.

If you have been redeemed by God, if you have been born again, if you have laid your sins at the feet of the cross and embraced God’s forgiveness; remember that you have been saved to enjoy eternal life, to enjoy knowing the Triune God and all the promises and good gifts He loves to give His children.

This is important for us to keep always in front of us an important theological truth, but also inside of us as the powerful truth which holds us secure: We can know and love God, only because He knew us and loved us first (1 John, Ephesians 1).

When Jesus prayed to His Father he said,  “And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” (John 17:3 ESV) Let this truth sink in your heart, you were saved not only from eternal damnation, but unto eternal joy, so that you may know God and enjoy Him forever (as the Westminster Catechism teaches us).

And how can we know Him?

God has decided to make Himself known through this world and through His Word. When we look around at the intricate and huge world God created we can learn many wonderful things about Him, but it is only through what He has revealed about Himself in the Scriptures that we can fully know Him and our need for Him. Only when we take the Bible and read it (or hear it preached), the Holy Spirit can convict us of our sins and grant us repentance and saving faith. There is no way for us to know God as our Savior, as our Father, as our Redeemer, apart from what is written in His Word.

Oh, thanks be to God that we were not left to ourselves to try to find a way to God. Thanks be to God that He gave us a book and the Holy Spirit to teach us all things that pertain to life. Praise be to God for faithful pastors and teachers in our churches  who preach with an open Bible each Lord’s day. Praise be to God for faithful friends who encourage us to persevere in the Word each day. Praise be to God for so many plans laid out for us so that we can follow our daily readings.  Praise be to God that He wants us to know Him! Praise be to God for the Bibles in our homes!

Let us join the prophet Hosea this year and say,

“Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord;
his going out is as sure as the dawn;
He will come to us as the showers,
as the spring rains that water the earth,”  (Hos. 6:4)

And the apostle Paul when he wrote to the Corinthians, “For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” (1 Cor. 2:2)

May the Lord grant us an undivided heart this year, Friends. May we press on to know God. Don’t be content with a bible verse or two each day. Dive deeper into the living waters of God’s Word, strive to be immersed in them. Let them saturate your heart, your mind, your daily life. He will come as the spring showers to water your soul and make you fruitful.

May we live to know God and enjoy Him forever. Starting today.

Under His sun and by His grace,

Becky