Reading the Word

I started reading 'Knowing God' by J I Packer and within the first few pages I was struck head on...

As Christians we read and desire to increase our knowledge of Him. But why? For what reason?

In the answer to this question lies our motives. Now, uncovering motives can be like walking through a muddy field looking for a something that's been lost, like a ring. It's hard! And rarely do we find exactly what we're looking for. But in the process, it can be impossible not to realise that our motives are varied and mixed and do not resemble the undivided and wholehearted devotion to God's glory that is worthy of Him.

So, at least in regards to increasing our knowledge of Him, we need to ask God to make known our motives, purify them until we, like David in Psalm 119 (v1,2,5), learn in order to know and enjoy God, desiring to understand God's truth in order that our heart and life might respond appropriately to it.