Moses asked of the Lord, “Let me know Your ways that I may know You” (Exo 33:13).
You cannot know God apart from His ways or His commands. Obedience unlocks understanding. If we say we love Him and know Him, yet we do not obey Him, how can we be speaking the truth? Surely, when you love someone you demonstrate your love doing what you know pleases them, not what you know displeases them. Through His commands we can come to know God in a deeper way. Through His commands He will reveal Himself as pure, just, holy, loving, righteous, merciful, and gracious. But without obedience, such knowledge of God will remain intellectual, rather than experiential.
