Knowing God

I am reading Henry and Richard Blackaby's EXPERIENCING GOD: DAY BY DAY (B&H Publishers, 1997) this year. Today's reading begins with this question:"Are you satisfied with merely knowing the acts of God, or do you also want to know His ways? I confess I was caught off guard by that question. I often pray for God to do, to act, to move, to prove Himself strong and the like. But, when was the last time I prayed, Lord, let me see Your character, Your nature, Your attributes? A little further into the reading Blackaby notes, "The way God acted provided a window into His nature."
As our church- and their pastor- seeks to transition to become the kind of people God needs us to be to make His presence known in our community, we - the church and her pastor- must look beyond the great things God does and learn to see His great and incomparable nature.
I think that might help with the untangling I've been streggling with as well- trying to seperate our inaccurate cultural understanding of God from the accurate Biblical description.
So, today- I want to see beyond God's protection and provision and see God as One who is deeply passionate about me- so that I might deepen my passion for Him.