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The Secret to Knowing God
Bayless Conley
How to walk in deeper intimacy with your Creator
Deep down, I truly believe every Christian wants to experience a deeply personal and intimate relationship with God. And I also believe each and every believer in Christ can have this kind of relationship with their Creator.
But there is often a problem in how we approach God. We often go to Him looking for rewards… or we’re constantly asking Him for things. Now, I’m not saying that we shouldn’t go to God with our cares and burdens. In fact, He tells us in 1 Peter 5:7 to tell Him about our concerns because He cares so much for us.
But if you want to know God… I mean, really know Him… there is another prayer He wants to hear from you. It’s a prayer like the one we hear Moses pray in Exodus 33:13.
In my mind, this is one of the greatest prayers in all of Scripture:
“Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight.”
Moses didn’t just say, “Come with us, God” but he said, “Show me Your way because, God, I want to know You.” And then Moses added to it in verse 18, when He said, “Please, show me Your glory.”
The Hebrew word for “glory” literally means “weight, mass, or substance.” So in essence Moses is saying, “God, I want to know what You’re made of. I don’t just want to know about You. I want to know You. I want to know who You are.”
The word that Moses used when he said he wanted to know God is the same word that’s used in Genesis 4:1 where it says, “Adam knew Eve his wife.” Moses is requesting to have the most personal, intimate relationship with God. He wants to draw close to God.
Friend, prayers like that touch the heart of God because not too many people pray them!
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accidentalpharisee
1/26/2008 12:41 PM
It's true this article was basic--but it's nice to read something that is based in Scripture and to the point. I wrote the Scripture passages down to spend some time praying through them.
mengst
1/16/2008 3:01 PM
This is a great article. The article answered a question I did not even know that I had: How to start knowing God, and start making Him happy! I was thinking in terms of serving God, but I wasn't sure how to go about it. I never thought of doing something grand for God with a simple prayer...or even a simple gesture ---- something that I do everyday, but that I take for granted: serving my husband, children, and extended family and friends by being there for them. This article has been an absolute blessing.
willieb13
1/15/2008 10:22 PM
I was touched by Bayless Conley's article. For some years it has been my deeply held conviction/belief that the search to know God was at the heart of a deep and abiding relationship with our Lord; and Rev. Conley's article was a stong confirmation of my position on this.
I lead "Battle Plan Ministry" [accessed by those words in Google]. BPM is a ministry to help Christians who're ensnared in sexual sin. As with Christ's mission statement in Luke 4: 18-19, it is the BPM mission to help free prisoners of illicit sexual habits so that they can walk free in Christ.
I only bring up BPM because it's our method to help our seekers to build a deep, intimate relationship with Christ; and in doing so, we ALWAYS find that those who seek to know God, and do so in an intimate way, no longer need the self medication found in sexual acting out; and they walk free in their knowldege of Christ. That was clearly the general message of Pastor Conley's piece on "knowing God." Rev. B. Berry
I lead "Battle Plan Ministry" [accessed by those words in Google]. BPM is a ministry to help Christians who're ensnared in sexual sin. As with Christ's mission statement in Luke 4: 18-19, it is the BPM mission to help free prisoners of illicit sexual habits so that they can walk free in Christ.
I only bring up BPM because it's our method to help our seekers to build a deep, intimate relationship with Christ; and in doing so, we ALWAYS find that those who seek to know God, and do so in an intimate way, no longer need the self medication found in sexual acting out; and they walk free in their knowldege of Christ. That was clearly the general message of Pastor Conley's piece on "knowing God." Rev. B. Berry
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