A lot of people know about God. Therein lies a huge problem.

People from every walk of life have an opinion about God. Just ask them. Everybody is a theologian and quite ready to debate all comers as to the truth about God.

Having opinions about God does not equate to knowing God, however. Knowing about God (or at least one’s idea of God) can have knowledge, street savvy, old wives tales, a little bit of upbringing thrown in, and who knows what else and, suddenly, we have a walking profundity called, “God According To Me."

Knowing God is a far different matter than having thoughts about God. Knowing God leads to worship not debate, celebration not one-up-man-ship. Knowing God evokes prayer not argument, praise not elitism, and hunger for more of God not an attitude of “That’s my opinion; conversation over."

Interestingly the Bible does not call us to know about God. Once we know Him we want to learn as much about Him as we can, but only because His love has captivated our imagination and satisfied the hunger in our souls. Maybe that is why when Jesus teaches us to pray He does not call us to pray, “O Thou high and omnipotent One. Instead, He calls us to pray, “Our Father.

Until we know the Father we do not know what we most need to know about God.

Do you know the Father today?