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Why you can't worship a God you don't know

I stumbled on this quote on Instagram yesterday: 

 "You cannot worship God beyond your knowledge of Him."

 I paused, re-read it, absorbed it, and meditated (and believe me, I'm totally new to this whole meditating-on-God's-word Christian thing!) on it throughout the day. I realised the amazing truth in this.

 True worship to me means totally, and truthfully, absorbing myself in God's presence - whether that's by speaking to Him, singing a Bethel song, or just staring at the ceiling thinking about Him. 

 I believe you cannot worship someone you don't love, and you can't love someone you don't know.

 You might be reading this, and you're at a point in your life where you so want to know God. Not just hear about Him, or conjure up your own ideas of Him, but you want to know the REAL Him. (Good news: He eagerly wants to let you in.) But where do you start? There's no better place than the Bible. 

 As you go through verse after verse, and chapter after chapter - with the willingness in your heart to truly know God for who He is - you'll find out all about Him. How much He loves you; the depths He has gone (and will go) for you; what makes Him happy, and what angers Him... it's all there!

 Although we can never know God in His entirety (as He is just so mind-blowing), God will reveal himself to those who honestly go looking for Him. 

 It's not just a nice-sounding, fancy theory I whipped up; the Bible backs it up...

 "...Seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul." - Deuteronomy 4:29

 "I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me." - Proverbs 8:17

 Why is it important? Because your worship will never be real until He is real to you.

 He's ready; He's waiting... Go find Him!
Kunmi x

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