God’s Nature: Do You Know Him? Part 1

 The episode explains that people approach God through their limited perceptions, and that truly knowing His nature requires time with Him and interacting spiritually, not merely through knowledge. It argues that revelation often comes through process, trust, obedience, patience, and surrender—and cites Abraham, Moses, and Job as examples of learning God’s nature through trials. It warns against interpreting hardship only as pain, emphasizing that God sustains in waiting and shapes character in silence, referencing Romans 5:3–4. The message distinguishes information from relationship, citing Matthew 7:22–23 and Jeremiah 29:13, and calls believers to private communion that transforms motives and desires.

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Welcome to the Ministering Angel podcast, where you'll deepen your connection with Jesus Christ. Whether new or returning, this podcast is your guide to unlocking potential and overcoming challenges. Ronald, along with various hosts, shares divine messages that inspire strength, wisdom, and resilience. More than a podcast, it's a sanctuary of faith and miracles. Get ready to be inspired and empowered Most of us have been taught a version of God, but it's incomplete. Some know the version of punishment and judgment. Others know the version of goodness and blessings. Others know a version that is loving, but they don't understand why He allows evil or why good people suffer wickedness. While these are all attributes of God, along with many more, they still do not reveal the full nature of who He truly is. We approach God based on the revelation we have of Him. Our perception of who He is is shaped by what we've been taught, our experiences with those teachings, and any divine revelation we may have received from Heaven. The truth is, what most of us know is incomplete. We only see through the lens of our knowledge of Him, not through revelation of Him. This is an attempt to give you divine revelation of the God who has called you His own and, by extension, redeemed you. In any intimate pursuit, to truly know someone, you must first spend time with them to understand who they are. This is the beginning of understanding and knowing the nature of God. If you can grasp this, everything you face in life shifts in the way you manage your circumstances. Life is spiritual. God is spiritual. To know Him is to interact with Him as a spiritual being. My prayer is that this will provoke you to have your heart and eyes open to receive what God has in store for you. A life lived through knowledge is no comparison to a life lived in the Spirit and through divine revelation. Do you know God, or do you simply know of Him? Let's walk it out together. Many people want revelation without process. They want to know God deeply without walking through anything that requires trust, obedience, patience, or surrender. But throughout scripture, God often revealed his nature through what people endured with him. Abraham did not know God as provider until he stood on the mountain prepared to surrender Isaac. Moses did not know God as deliverer until he faced Pharaoh and led people through impossible situations. Job did not understand God in a deeper way until everything around him was stripped away. Some of you are angry with God because you're interpreting your process through pain instead of revelation. You think God abandoned you when in reality, he may be introducing himself to you in a way you've never known before. We love to quote scriptures about blessings, but we often avoid the scriptures that reveal God through fire, testing, correction, and stretching. Yet those moments are where intimacy is built. God is not just the God of the breakthrough. He is also the God who sustains you while you wait. He is not just the God of answered prayers. He is the God who develops your character in silence. Many only know what God can do for them, but they do not know who he is. The truth is, some revelations of God can only be discovered in suffering. Some dimensions of his comfort are only known in grief. Some levels of his peace are only understood in chaos. Some understandings of his faithfulness are only revealed when everything else fails. This is why maturity matters. Mature believers stop measuring God solely by outcomes. They begin to recognize his hand, his wisdom, his timing, and his nature, even when life does not make sense. Romans five, three through four says, "Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope." Your process may be painful, but perhaps God is revealing himself to you in a way knowledge alone never could There is a difference between information and intimacy. Many people know scriptures, sermons, church culture, and Christian language, but they still do not know God personally. They know about Him intellectually, but they have never developed spiritual intimacy with Him. You can know Bible stories and still not know His voice. You can attend church weekly and still not recognize His leading. You can quote scripture publicly while remaining spiritually distant privately. This is one of the greatest dangers in Christianity today, people substituting information for relationship. Jesus addressed this clearly in Matthew seven twenty-two through twenty-three when He said, "Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you.'" Notice something powerful. He did not say they knew nothing about Him. He said there was no relationship. God desires more than performance. He desires communion. Many believers have built their entire walk with God around public expression while neglecting private intimacy. But your real relationship with God is revealed in secret places, not public platforms. Who is God to you when nobody is watching? Who is He when prayers seem unanswered? Who is He when life hurts? Who is He when correction comes? Who is He when He tells you no? These moments expose whether you love God for who He is or only for what He provides. True intimacy changes you. You cannot consistently encounter God and remain the same person. His presence exposes pride, heals wounds, corrects motives, and transforms desires. This is why knowing God is not casual. It costs something. It requires surrender, honesty, obedience, humility, and time. Jeremiah twenty-nine thirteen says, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." God is not hiding from you, but He does not reveal Himself deeply to the distracted, double-minded, or uninterested heart. Thank you for joining the Ministering Angel podcast. Stay connected, stay inspired, and continue growing in faith. Until next time, be blessed and keep shining your light