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“INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD” May 14
Is your knowledge of God increasing? We live in a world in which all kinds of knowledge multiplies as never before
– human cleverness appears to know no bounds!
Sadly – at the same time, awareness and acknowledgement of God is decreasing at an astonishing rate. It
reminds us of the parable in which the citizens “hated” him and sent a message saying, “We do not want this man to
reign over us.”[Luke 19 v.14]. Note what happened to them when the king returned! (v.27)
Today the citizens are saying, and if they do not actually say it, their actions show it – ‘We do not want to even
think there is a God who has oversight of our lives and knows the nature of human thought and desire.
Our thoughts were provoked in this direction by Paul’s letter, written from prison, to the Colossians. The believers
there are very much in his thoughts. “We always thank God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you
…” [1 v.3] Timothy is with him (v.1 sharing his prayers. . He emphasizes what occupies his mind in v.9 “… we have
not ceased to pray for you asking that ….” And what is he asking? “Asking that you may be filled with the knowledge
of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner fully pleasing to him …” [v.9,10],
His next words are, “bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” In some
contexts we read the word ‘knowledge’ in the sense of “knowing” – becoming ‘fully aware of’ so as to develop a
relationship with someone. Consider Job’s final declaration about God after his earnest efforts to understand his
ways.! Read ch. 42 v.2 onwards. Consider also what Jesus accomplished “by his knowledge” (Isaiah 53 v.11)
Central to our relationship with God is “Christ in you” [v.27] “Him we proclaim,” writes Paul, “that we may present
everyone mature in Christ” [v.28] How is your maturity developing? Absorbing the true sense of the divine word is a
foundation for this. May we all increase day by day in the “knowledge
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