i want to know Him...

Teaching elementary age children His Word in Vacation Bible School this week... makes me think about why I started studying His Word...

My sole purpose for prayerfully delving into the Bible...?
I wanted to know Him...

He had captured my heart... and I just wanted to know Him...
The only things I knew to do to pursue Him...?
Pray... and read His Word...

I don't believe you can get to know Him intimately... personally... without digging deep into Scripture...

My son, if you receive my words

and treasure up my commandments with you,

making your ear attentive to wisdom

and inclining your heart to understanding;

yes, if you call out for insight

and raise your voice for understanding,

if you seek it like silver

and search for it as for hidden treasure,

then you will understand the fear of the Lord

and find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2:1-5 ESV

Still... today... after 21 years of pursuing daily...
my primary motive for being in His Word...
I want to know Him...

I want to know who He really is...
not who a preacher...
teacher...
denomination...
says He is...

I want to know the real Him...
the One revealed in Scripture...
the timeless... eternal... all powerful... all loving... Creator of the universe...

I just know... the more I learn about Him from His Word...
the more I know His ways...
the more I want to know...

His Word is precious to me...
because He's in it...

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets,

[Jesus] interpreted to them in all the Scriptures

the things concerning himself.

Luke 24:27 ESV

What about you...?
Do you want to know Him...?
Why do you come to this place...?
Are you seeking Him in the Bible...?