FAITH CAPSULE: Knowing God is not the same as knowing about God.

John 21

Knowing God enables answering to the calling of God with understanding while knowing about God shall experience delay or be denied to answer the calling of God.
One that knows about God can quote of sing the word of God but not live life by the word of God.
Also, one that knows about God carries the word of God in the mouth but not in the heart of the character identified as wicked one. (Jeremiah 12:1-2)
Knowing about God can be the evidence of a lack of understanding but, when one gains to know God, turns to live life before God by knowing God, to live and excel for the glory of God.
Documentation of many such as Samuel, Moses, Samson, and the disciples of Jesus, at a point, know about God but later know God.
SAMUEL
Samuel was living at a house of God at an early age but did not know God, only know about God. 
1 Samuel 3:1 makes it known that Samuel ministered to the Lord, but when the calling of God located him, he could not answer because he did not know God.
Samuel does not know God, but he knows about God to seek help from Eli to answer the calling of God. 
Samuel was with limited understanding to answer to the calling of God.
Ask that God shall fill you with wisdom and spiritual understanding not to miss His calling over your life.
DISCIPLES DID NOT KNOW JESUS
During the journey of the disciples of Jesus at the road of Emmaus, Jesus showed Him, but yet the disciples prove that they did not know Him. The disciples that spent times with Him before He went to the cross only know about Him. (Luke 24)
Disciples demonstrate not knowing Jesus after spending time with Jesus, listening to His Word, and being the testimony of repeated miracles with Jesus Disciple did not know Jesus that called them out of fishing.
After He went to the cross, not knowing Jesus made them follow Peter wrongly to go back to fishing instead of going forward in the calling of God over their life. John 21:3-4 states, “Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We are going with you also.” They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. 4 But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.” 
If the disciples had known God at the time Jesus was with them before He went to the cross, they would not have gone back to fishing after He went to the cross. 
The disciples knowing of Jesus was at the second calling of them like a fisher of men, at the resurrection of Jesus.

Prayer for today: Ask against a wrong following of not knowing God to become distracted from answering the calling of God.