06/02/2026
You probably say it all the time without realizing it. Yada, yada, yada. It's actually a Hebrew word. It means to know someone intimately, personally, on a deep level. In Genesis 4:1, it says "Adam knew his wife" — and that's the word. That intimate. That deep.
So when a lot of us say "Yeah, I know God" — yada, yada, yada — God is saying, no. You don't really know Him. You just think you do. Because to actually know Him is to be in such an intimate and deep relationship that you know Him unlike maybe you know anyone else.
We had people in the room on Sunday who've been married 23 years, 38 years, 50 years. Every one of them would tell you they're still finding things they didn't know. That person can still surprise them. If that's true with a human being, how much more with God? You could walk with Him for 50 years, and He will still surprise you.
Saying we have a personal relationship with God isn't just about getting Him to answer a prayer. It's not about smoothing up against God because we really need something. That's just using God. God doesn't exist for that.
God wants us to move from our heads to our hearts. There's 18 inches between the two, and for a lot of people that distance might as well be an eternity. You can know Bible verses. You can know facts. You can feel like you've heard it all before. If it's not in your heart, it's not really your life.
The difference between knowing about God and knowing God is the same difference between an acquaintance and a relationship. One stays in your head. The other changes everything.
