The glory of God is everywhere.

It is seen in all creation, yet people have

believed a lie that there is no God. Some have created or fashioned their own gods,
idols that are breathless, lifeless and worthless. Still, others believe in God;
they know about Jesus, and yet they have never fully placed their faith in Jesus as
their Lord and savior.

When God created the world and Adam, all was good. However, Satan tempted Adam and
Eve and they sinned. It is due to sin and man’s sinful nature, that mankind has
rebelled against God and become spiritually blind and deaf to the knowledge of God,
and the truth of the Gospel. Each of us are born with a sinful nature, having no
spiritual understanding (see Romans 3:10-12).

Without the knowledge of God, we are doomed. All mankind has spiraled down
spiritually into the deeper depths of depravity. Just look around the world today.

As a young boy I walked to church by myself while growing up with my mother and
Joe, my stepfather. My mom and Joe never discouraged me from attending church. I
may have attended church because I felt I should. Maybe it was out of a sense of
duty or a feeling of a religious obligation. Whatever the case, I had a heart that
was open to God. I believed in God and yet my lifestyle, my vocabulary, did not
show a love for God. In my teens I was invited to attend a friend’s youth group. I
enjoyed the experience and the teens and adults in the church did not judge me when
I used some colorful words. I began to change inwardly. It felt wrong to use those
words after a time. The seeds of the gospel, the knowledge of God was beginning to
have an effect on my heart and life.

I thought I was a Christian all along. I knew about heaven and hell. I knew about
God. I knew about Jesus. I knew Jesus died on the cross. I had a bible. I went to
church, but I did not have a real relationship with God. I had been living a
worldly and somewhat religious life without truly knowing God.

The journey of spiritual growth in the knowledge of God is a lifelong journey. It

will not end on this side of Glory. Each day is an opportunity to grow in the
knowledge of God. If you stop growing in the knowledge of God and no longer allow
the word of God to saturate your heart, your heart will become spiritually dry and
hard.

I believe throughout all eternity we will grow in the knowledge of God. We will
always be growing in the knowledge of God and worship God Almighty just as the
angels.

As believers, we need to be on guard spiritually every day. The enemy of your soul
will attempt to scatter seeds of discord in your heart and to choke your spiritual
life. He will try to cause you to stumble and fall away. He will try to dry up your
heart and spiritual life in Christ by worldly desires, spiritual pitfalls and Satan
will use busyness to get you to stop reading the scriptures, stop praying, stop
attending church, and spiritually growing in the knowledge of God. The enemy will
use all the tricks he has to get you to turn away from the knowledge of God. He
will try to do it over time so that you will not notice. Slowly you might find that
you are no longer reading the scriptures. No longer attending church. No longer
praying as you once did. Your spiritual sensitivity to the things of God has gone
numb. By the time you realize what the enemy’s tactics have done, fear, doubt, and
worry has replaced faith and your heart is no longer longing for the things of God.

Life is a journey of spiritual growth in the knowledge of God. Enjoy the journey.
This journey has eternal rewards. Rewards that money cannot buy.

It is never too early to start the journey of spiritual growth in the knowledge of
God. It is also never too late to start. Start today. Some who may hear this
message may need to stop and make a U-turn. You are headed in the wrong direction.
Get back to the journey towards the knowledge of God. You will be glad you did.

God loves you and wants you to be a person of God who bears much fruit.