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1 John 3:13-24

When the knowledge of God is not there in you, you are out there in the world at your own risk.  The word of God is the will for God. Do you desire for the word of God to have its way in your life? If you desire for the word of God to have its place in your life God will deposit it in you if you will pray for it. The apostle Paul prayed for the Colossians in the book of Colossians 1:9-11, ÒFor this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy.Ó This is the kind of prayer you want to pray for yourself if there is the desire of getting to an expected end. The word of God is the will of God and to know God is to be in Him and Him in you. Also, the will of God is the commandments of God. Having been in the church for long or having the ability to memorize and be conversant in quoting the word is not a determinant of knowing Him. 1 John 2:3, ÒNow by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.Ó Keeping the commandments of God is a determinant of knowing Him; not by just talking about the commandments. Many talk about the commandments of God but only a few are demonstrating the life of one who keeps the commandments. 1 John 2:4-6, ÒHe who says, ÒI know Him,Ó and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.Ó  The word of God is true. God does not lie and He will not look away from the manifestation of His word. Keeping the word of God will cause you to walk in the Lord because you will be abiding in Him. Where do you desire to abide in this world of wickedness and challenges? Will you take to the word of God to believe and dwell in it? ÒNow he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in Him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.Ó (1 John 3:24)