“Faith, in the final analysis, is trusting someone you know, even when you don’t always understand what he is doing.”
– Carolyn Custis James, When Life and Beliefs Collide
How well do you know God? Not just know about him, but know Him like you do a good friend, family member or even spouse? Have you ever noticed that the more you get to know someone the easier it is to trust them (that is, if they are trustworthy) and the less you know someone the more likely it is that you will make up stories of why they do what they do and who they are?
I have found that relationship, getting to know someone helps me to trust them, especially when I don’t understand what they are doing and why they are doing it. The same goes for God yet we treat Him differently. We often learn much about Him (knowledge) and we thing that this is the same as knowing Him. Knowing Him leads to faith, not necessarily knowing about Him (although it does help).
God desires relationship, trust and faith and wants our assurance to come from knowing Him. The more we know God the more we trust Him. Do you know God enough to trust Him? Will you sit for a bit longer than two minutes and engage Him in honest conversation, get to know Him and allow Him to speak to your heart?
**Sit quietly again for as much time as is available to you.**
Have more than two minutes? Reading the Bible is the best way to know God. Open up the gospel of Luke and start reading at Chapter 1. Get to know God.
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