In John chapter 17 and in verse 3 our Lord in His high priestly prayer made the statement that He had come to give eternal life and that eternal life was to know You the only true God. Knowing God is the highest goal of a man's life. For that Jesus came to the world, so that we could know God. That is a synonym for eternal life.
People often ask what eternal life is and it is simply to know God, to know Him intimately, to partake of His very nature and life. The wisest man who ever lived received good instructions, and a man who sometimes gave evidence of not being very wise, and that was David giving instruction to Solomon. Sometimes what David said was very wise.
In 1 Chronicles chapter 28 verse 9 David said to his son, "And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your Father and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind." Good Counsel, "Solomon, know God. And when you know him, serve him with a disposition, with a perfect heart because Jehovah searches the heart and understands all thoughts. If you seek Him He will be found by you, but if you leave Him He will cast you away forever. "Peter said," But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. "In 2 Thessalonians 1: 8 it says that, "The Lord will come in a flame of fire taking vengeance against those who do not know God."
Knowing God, as you can see, is the core of existence, knowing God is the highest pursuit of life. Knowing God is everything and then knowing everything that is revealed about Him in the pages of this book. Not only knowing God is man's highest search, but knowing God is God's highest purpose. Do not
He only wants us to know Him but He cooperates from His side, God wants us to know Him. The Bible is so explicit about this. In Hosea chapter 6 in another context where God through the prophet is rebuking Israel for its hypocrisy. They continued with the sacrificial system with hearts that were totally estranged from God and he says this in Bones 16, "I desire mercy and not sacrifice and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings." More than any other external thing God wants us to know Him.
Men must know God and God wants men to know Him. This is the meaning of life, this is life, this is our highest quest and the highest purpose for us.
Now, what is it then that God is trying to tell us? He wants us to know him. This is God's desire for man. God is not hiding, God is not a kind of cosmic easter bunny that is hiding in a bush and is running and He is saying, "It's hotter, they're getting closer." God is not trying to cover Himself He has discovered Himself and He wants us to know Him and that is the highest purpose of a man's life.
