In his letter to the Romans, Paul wrote,

Who has known the mind of the Lord?

How unsurchable his judgments and his paths beyond tracing out?

A theologian said this about God's wisdom.

Its way over our heads will never figure it out.

Well, if it's true that God's ways are mysterious,

how can we possibly know Him?

Today, on Insight for Living,

Chuck Swindall continues his series called,

Growing Deep in the Christian Life.

And during the next half hour, he'll tackle this question and more.

Chuck titled his message,

Knowing God, Life's Major Pursuit.

I want to talk for a few minutes about why it is important to know God.

Because I can assure you he hasn't hidden himself.

There's a special revelation in history as well as in his book.

And I want to capitalize on four or five reasons it's important to know God.

Here's the first reason.

Knowing God gives me the desire to be like Him.

That's right here in verse 24.

Knowing God gives me the desire to be like Him.

Let Him who boasts boast of this that He understands and knows me.

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