Someone has said; "If ignorance is bliss why aren’t people more happy?

Do you know the definition of gross ignorance? The answer is – one hundred forty-four blondes.

Truthfully though, Ignorance is really no joking matter.

There are some things we really need to know and God wants us to know. Sixteen times in the bible we find the words "Do you not know?" Three times His word says "I do not want you to be ignorant."

God does not want us to be ignorant.

He wants us to know that he loves us. Some people don’t know that. All they know about God is that he is the Great Judge. He is, but wouldn’t it be terrible if that’s all we knew about him. We wouldn’t know that he is the God of grace. We wouldn’t know of his mercy. "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us," (Ephesians 2:4)

God is mighty but He is also merciful. He is firm but he is also forgiving. He is Holy but He is also healer. He is righteous but also redeemer. He hates sin but also loves the sinner. He loved us while we were still sinners, when we were his enemies, when we were "ungodly," and sent his Son to die, not for the good, but for the ungodly.

God wants you to be happy. But you must know that true happiness is not available outside of him. Oh you may laugh and live it up, but when you go to bed at night you may find it hard to live with yourself because of your sin. You know something is amiss. Something is wrong, yet many continue to go astray knowing they have a loving Shepherd who will care and provide for them. That’s because in their pride they want to "do it myself." People want to think of themselves as self-sufficient, self-confident and self-made, but they are really self-centered, self-serving and self-satisfied, all of which leads to self-deceit, self-disappointment and self-destruction. God wants to give you not self-confidence, but confidence. He wants you to have not self-worth, but His worth, for he valued you highly enough to send His Son to the cross for you. He wants you to have self-control by the power of his Holy Spirit (Galatians 5.23).

God wants us to know that in Him, we have a future. "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." (Jer 29:11)

He wants you to "know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand." (Ephesians 3.18-20)

He wants you to know "that you have eternal life," (1 John 5.13) You can know this if you "believe on the name of (Jesus) the Son of God."

He wants you to know there is nothing to fear if you know Him. He wants you to know that He will meet your every need, that He will never forsake you and that He is working all things together for the good to those who love him, who are "the called" according to his purpose.

God wants you to know.

Steve