What all can you tell me about your favorite hobby? What tools or skills do you need? Do you read about it in magazines or watch videos of it online? I bet you spend time thinking about it and how you can do better on your next project.
What about a close relative or your spouse. What all can you tell me about them? Maybe their personality, likes, dislikes, hopes, fears, plans, the things they want, how they will react and so on.
And how did you come to know all this?
You learn about your hobbies and the people in your life by studying them and spending time engaged with them. You look up info on how to be better at the hobby or you pay attention to the people close to you so that you know all about them. When you love something, you spend time engaged with it and learn about it.
Do you study God? There is so much to learn about Him. He has a personality, likes, dislikes, plans, and desires. He has made Himself readily available to be known by us, but it requires study. We need to spend time engaged with Him in prayer and studying Him through His Word. This will require more than one hour a week. If I spent only one hour a week paying attention to my wife, we wouldn’t have a relationship for very long. Same is true for God.
“I want to know Christ – yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.” Phil 3:10
Today is a great day to spend time with God, learning more about Him.