The knowledge of Him

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. – Ephesians 1.17-21

There is an entire theology chapter on the doctrine of salvation and what salvation brings in these few verses.

The first thing we read about here is that salvation brings us wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. We saw a recent section on the knowledge of God and here it is combined with the words wisdom and revelation of that knowledge.

God wants us to not only know about Him, to not only know him, but he wants us to have a super-knowledge of Him. God wants us to know Him totally and intimately and with all our hearts and minds and souls.

The blessing is that the more we know God the more we see Him for Who He is. We see Him and His love and mercy and grace and power and compassion. We see that He is in control and that He is all powerful and all wise and all-knowing and that He is everywhere and at all times. If we have this super-knowledge we learn that we can depend on Him in every situation. When we know Him we know His will.

Knowing Him requires first of all that we know Him through His word, that’s how He tells us about Himself. Knowing His requires the on going work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Knowing His also requires that we see Him working in our lives and learning to trust Him always. He has revealed Himself to us and given us all the wisdom we need to deal with this world.

Our eyes are enlightened – let’s open them and look to Him.