1. PAUL - Phil. 3:7-11 (KJV, AMP) 1 Cor. 13:12
a) It is necessary to know God so that we may not be found having our own righteousness but that which is God.
It is as we know Him that His righteousness will not only be imparted to us but will also be our life experience from day to day.
b) Paul pursued the knowledge of God so that he might attain the resurrection that lifts him out from among the dead.
As we make progress in knowing God, the resurrection life and lifestyle will become our daily (not occasional) experience. This makes us stand out clearly from among the dead; it differentiates us from natural people.
Some things though advantageous to us may be a hindrance to our pursuit of the knowledge of God. If we must progressively know Him, we must let go of such things as Paul did. The reason why Paul endured suffering and loss of all things was to know God. He discovered the supreme advantage and the surpassing worth of knowing Christ. When you discover the surpassing worth and the supreme advantage of knowing Him, you would be willing to loose all things for the knowledge of the Lord.
NOTE: Read KNOWING GOD PART 1 HERE
It is important to note that whatever knowledge we have of the Lord now here on earth, it is just in part. Yet we must press on to know Him more and more so as to grow on in our salvation. Our spiritual growth depends on our knowledge of the Lord 2 Peter 3:18.
2. MOSES – Exo. 33:2-3, 12-17
Moses preferred a personal intimate knowledge of God in his life above the miracles of pushing out the Canaanites, Jebusites, Hivites and even above the miracle of getting into the land of plenty, the land flowing with milk and honey. He knew that all these will be useless and unfruitful without the presence of the Lord in his life. Miracles are good but they are just fall - outs from our knowledge of God. What to pursue is therefore not miracles but the knowledge of the Lord. Then miracles will become our daily experience.
Though Moses knew God before, his cry here was still to know Him. He knew God before as the “I AM” in Exo. 3, but he would not have known the meaning of that name if not for his desire to know God more (Vs. 19). Knowing God makes us to find grace (supernatural enablement) in His sight. Knowing God is however in stages. It does not come all at once and we cannot even know Him enough.
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