For further study in our previous meditation, we picked Philippians 3 which partly expressed Paul’s desire to increase in the knowledge of Christ. The text of scripture for today shows that his desire was granted. Apostle Paul was peculiar. He knew His God to the point of boasting about Him. To Timothy, his son in the faith, he wrote with certainty – “for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.” (2 Timothy 1:12). He was so confident about God’s estate that he knew the needs of the Philippian brethren would be met. “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19). Such confidence can only come from a deep knowledge of God. So great was the knowledge of this apostle that God had to keep him in check with a thorn in his flesh, something to remind him that he was still human after all.
The challenge is that human effort alone cannot lead to divine knowledge. It can only come by revelation…We all are at liberty to desire the revelation of God.
God’s heart cry is for His people to know Him. “But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me…” (Jeremiah 9:24). This is understandable because we all grieve when people around us do not understand us or, worse still, misunderstand us. This is no less true of God. The challenge is that human effort alone cannot lead to divine knowledge. It can only come by revelation. Paul in our passage explained that his understanding of the mystery of God came from revelation. We all are at liberty to desire the revelation of God.