You may learn “about” the Lord from many sources, including other believers. But to really “know” Him depends entirely on your individual walk with the Lord Jesus. How little we really “know” the Lord in our daily lives! Oh! to simply “know” Him as One to walk with, and that for His own company.
While it is true that we each have needs that He alone can meet, “knowing” Him in this way goes beyond simply having One that is “serving” us. Knowing Him in this way is more the thought of contentedness of companionship with Himself.
It is similar with our children. A child “knows” his father from its earliest days, but it grows in understanding. It is especially so with a son as he shares his father’s pathway, walking in the same steps his father walks in. I have noticed, too, that with sons there is a deepening appreciation of their father after their marriage and family life has begun.
In a similar way it is so with our walk with the Lord. He was yea, is a Man now and for eternity. If we “follow in His steps,” we walk with Him, coming to know the same feelings He experienced, learning to understand more of Him.
H. Short