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HE IS WORTH GETTING TO KNOW


I shared this Closecell topic last Nov. 8, 2013. My objectives were; To change the way we interact with God; To re-examine our motives especially with our relationship with Him and shift it to a formal note to the intimate; That getting to know God does not end on the ‘first meeting’ or encounter but to really have a full knowledge of Him, it takes a lot of time and many meet ups with Him, at times mundane and at times exciting. But all the same a moment of getting to know Him.
“God is a person and in the deep of His Mighty nature He thinks, wills, enjoys, feels, loves, desires and suffers as any other person may.”- A.W. Tozer. (Pursuit of God, p.17).
I started with this quote because that’s where I was going to focus- that God is like a person and has a personality. So why is there a difficulty for many and even those who already encountered Him of getting to know Him?
If God has a personality, so do us. God has a personality and so do we. Since all of us are made in His image and likeness, some of our personalities reflect His. A.W. Tozer points out that, “it is inherent (natural, inborn, innate) to be able to know other personalities.” (Pursuit of God, p.17) Knowing God is natural and inborn. But at times, why does it feel like it’s not?
The First meeting was just the beginning. Yes it’s true that each of us have different personalities but getting to know each of this personality needs and “encounter”. Same with God. To truly know His personality, one must have a first encounter with Him. And for some, that’s the end when in truth it’s only just the beginning. Just like getting to know someone, it takes time and many “encounters” before someone could have a full knowledge of another person’s personality. Again, same with God. I’ve always viewed God like a cut diamond- every turn of the diamond is another wonderful side of God. And just like God, it’s a never ending personality. Our only limit is ourselves. God is infinite and we are not. The more we got closer with God, the newness of each encounter is not because of God but because of our human, futile and changing nature. He is the same yesterday, today and forever- so each encounter is always new to us. As Tozer points this out, “..but full knowledge of one personality by another cannot be achieved in one encounter. It is only after long and loving mental intercourse that the full possibilities of both can be explored.” (Pursuit of God, p.17)
God in His awesome attributes and personality wanted to know us. He became man through Jesus. What’s our excuse?
He is WORTH getting to know. God is personal. He wants to know us even if He already knew when we will rise or sit down (psalm139) and yet He made the ultimate “gesture” when He who is God became Man in Jesus. Jesus who was God who loves, wills, weeps, thirst, hungers and feels. In the past, we have responded with great zeal those who give us gestures compared to Jesus’ is mediocre, why can’t we with Jesus? Why is it so hard to get to know God when He is so ready to reveal Himself to us if we just take the time and yield? He is really worth getting to know.



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