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To An Unknown God

Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you. – Acts 17:22-23

The people of Athens worshiped so many different gods that, just to cover their bases, they even had an altar ‘to an unknown god’. This opened the door for Paul to tell them about the one true God. But notice what he says to them, ‘So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship.’

Ridiculous, isn’t it, that people would worship a God they knew nothing about? But let’s think about that for a minute. Where does knowledge come from? Knowledge begins with respect for the LORD, but fools hate wisdom and discipline. (Proverbs 1:7) It begins with respect for the Lord which draws us into His word. We hunger to know him more and so he is not an unknown God. When we seek to know God we discover he has a plan for our lives. When we seek to know God we find he has created us for something. When we seek to know God we find he has saved us for his purposes. An intimate knowledge of God allows us to understand ourselves better and the world around us.

Those who don’t seek God, study His Word, spend time in His presence and commune with His people are really just worshiping an unknown God. Are you ignorant of the very one you worship?

Prayer
Lord, by your Holy Spirit fill me with a hunger to know you more with each new day. I don’t want to be ignorant of you. You have revealed yourself to me and I want to know your will and plan for my life. In Jesus’ Precious Name I pray. Amen.