By his divine power…bringing us to know God himself
2Pet1:3

             Yes, it is possible to know God himself.  Even St. Paul tells us that we can receive a spirit of wisdom and perception in what is revealed to bring you to a full knowledge of him (God)(Eph1:17).  Now Isaiah tells us that his thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not his ways (Is55:8) so to get to know God requires something of us that is not natural.  We may think that doing good things for God and neighbor is the key, being busy with all sorts of duties and responsibilities.  We may think that we must prove to God he is justified in justifying us by being drawn into the ministry of saving the lost by being consumed by works.  We may think we must sacrifice ourselves at whatever the cost to save family and friend, loved one or enemy, but that my friends, is our thoughts and our ways.  After we have spent years in service, God may finally get our attention to let go of a world sunk in vice and spend time in silence and solitude to finally get to know God.  Until we learn to hear from God, the hearing of faith, whereby we abandon the world of law, ritual, and rules and by faith begin to live in a faith realm, we do not know God.  Without faith it is impossible to please him.  Unless we come out from being under the Law we are very far from understanding God.  God wants our obedience, and as Abraham learned, that might mean even sacrificing your beloved child of promise.  God wants us to be so in tune with him that what may be incomprehensible to others, is precisely what he wants us to do.  Unless we get to the place where we abandon feast days, ceremonial customs, and duties associated with the Law we will never come to know God.  He may lead us to break the Sabbath, tithing, or whatever ritual which brings comfort and security to a place of venturing out into deep waters before we finally get to know God. 

            God wants our undivided attention.  He wants our complete obedience.  He wants us to make him our number one priority.  He wants to be first.  He is a jealous God.  He knows that if we allow him to be God, he will bless us.  He will keep us.  He will protect us.  When God comes before anything or anybody else, when we have had a faith put to the test and have learned patience, the practical results will be being fully developed, complete, with nothing missing.  Faith and not the Law is what is pleasing to God.

            God is real.  He expects us to be real too.  That means recognizing and confessing sin, dealing with the fleshly spirits like fornication, impurity, guilty passions, evil desires, and especially greed which is the same thing as worshiping a false God.  He wants us to let go of anger, being bad tempered, spitefulness, abusive language, and dirty talk.  God is none of those things.  He is love, joy, peace, meekness, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, patience, and self control.  He is wisdom, knowledge, healing, miracles, and prophesy. 

            God expects us to run a race to come in first.  That means it is more important that we get it right ourselves then spending our lives trying to save others when we have not gained the blessing, being filled with the fullness of God himself, eternal life, and health, prosperity, and wholeness.  It is not what you think.  Get to know God.  Both Peter and Paul say it is possible.  Amen