Do I know God?

Spent the last weekend cutting grass and bathing my dogs. A truly tiring task, I mean the cutting grass part. We had been concentrating on building the new barn and with the consistent rain, the grass and weeds alike took the opportunity to shoot upwards at an alarming rate. I had to make three passes before reaching ankle height as the blade would stop if I cut to the bottom at once. Two days of cutting and I made slow progress. Anyway, as the wise saying goes, ‘cheong mang kung, cheong mang choe’ so there’s really no time frame for such work. As such I will continue to cut whenever possible, when we are not working on the barn. Daisy is getting better from her bout with demodex and the rest of the dogs are good.
Knowing God, that’s what I want to reflect on tonight. It is frightening for me to discover that I do not know God. Sure I know all about him, I could talk about him, in fact I could convince you that I do know him. Tell you honestly, the best description of my predicament is this, I know all about him but as far as knowing him as in a first hand experience, daily communion, two way communication and hearing his voice, it is really ZERO. Much of what I have is head knowledge, experiences related by others, third party information. Friends, do you know God? As in knowing your friends, your parents… siblings? After much thought, my conclusion is this, I need to get to know him, experience him for myself, seek him, and listen slowly and carefully to him. How else would I be able to complete the journey if I were to walk the path without knowing the one that has set the path for me? I need to discover the reality of God in my life, He will confirm his presence and favor on me through his promises coming to pass. There’s a whole lot of thoughts in my mind and it is difficult for me to organize them and word them nicely so I’ll just pose this one question? How is it that we spend so little of our time in seeking after God if we believe that the Bible is true? Do we believe with just our lips and convenience?