We love
Him because He first loved us. (I John 4:19)
There is a song that was written in the late
50’s by Phil Spector called “To Know Him Is To Love Him.” The title is taken from the words on his
father’s tombstone. One verse goes;
To know, know, know him
Is to love, love,
love him
And I do, I do, I do.
You baby boomers reading this can probably hear
the tune going through your heads.
Spector wrote it as a romantic melody, but it can just as well speak of
God.
Knowledge
of the Holy One always leads to a thirst for more of Him. There is an inverse
relationship between physical and spiritual food. The more food we eat the less hungry we
become. The more spiritual food (God and
His Word) of which we partake, the more desire we have for Him. An appetite for the things of God is the
byproduct of a love relationship with Him.
The
commentator Matthew Henry once said “Thinking that one has enough grace only
proves that one does not, ........ because wherever there is true grace there
is a desire for more grace.” When we truly
find God it activates an eternal quest for Him. One small glimmer of revelation of the
ultimate being in the universe can change us for a whole lifetime, not to
mention the direction of our eternal abode.
It will cause you to sing, to know Him is to love Him, and I do.
