God wants to reveal Himself to us today. He wants us to know He is not holding out on us, but He so very much wants us to know Him. He wants us to know His character—how He thinks, and even how He feels (1 Corinthians 2:16). But, that is impossible if we don't take the time it takes to know Him.
God wants us to know though that the thing that gets in the way of our knowing Him is us. We get in the way of Him being our God because we take care of us. We worry so much that we forget about Him. We are so self dependent we think outside of knowing Him, and just barely make it through this life thinking we got this. Until something happens that pushes us over the edge.
Then we rush to God but haven't had taken the time to know Him, we are unsure He won't do what we need Him to do in our crisis.
That happened to me when my son was born. I thought I knew God, but suddenly I wasn't sure He would do what He said He would do. He actually pointed that out to me.
The antidote —is to know Him. He said that to me, “You can't trust someone you know.”
So I did what He said and spent day and night knowing Him. I read the Word, heard the Word, and worshiped Him. In fact I spent all of my time with Him because I wanted to know that I could trust Him.
Now I know Him maybe not fully, but I know Him, His character and how He feels. I know Him and I have the revelation I need in the situations I encounter because I took the time needed know Him. I took the time to know Him initially when He confronted me. Now I continue to seek to know Him daily.
Something I want to point out to you is that we grow to know Him— we have revelations of Him in stages, and those stages take time. The basic stages I believe He wanted me to mention today are.
1— Realize you need Him, don't wait for a crisis. You can't live on your own without Him. You Don't want to live by luck (chance), but in the blessing (Deuteronomy 28:1-14). and the way to do that is to take the time to know Him, by having a real relationship with Him.
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me. AMPC
2—Get to the place where you actively keep the Word going in your heart. The Word will enhance, empower and energize you —and your relationship with Him. He is His Word (John 1:1) so as you know His Word you will know Him. Romans 10:17 tells us faith comes by hearing and so hearing will empower you with revelation, and revelation will explode on the inside of you to the place where won't be able to help but to believe. The revelation of God and who He is comes by hearing the Word-Him—He is His Word.
3—Make sure you do what you hear—agree with the Word. So often we hear the Word but we don't do it. If we don't do it we really are not in agreement with God and not being in agreement with God keeps Him from being able to do in our lives.
Know that when you hear God it is a privilege and so do what He said to do and then, He will do, can do what He has promised.
James 1:22 But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves [into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth]. AMPC
Revelation 3:19 Those whom [I dearly and tenderly] love I tell their fault and convict and convince and reprove and chasten I discipline an instruct them. So be enthusiastic and in earnest and burning with zeal and repent [changing your in and attitude]. AMPC