Our Scripture reading today is Philippians 3:10, "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;"
The desire of the Apostle Paul was to know Christ in the greatest way possible. This meant
he would and did suffer for the sake of the Gospel. He also had a desire to experience the
power that came out of His resurrection. I believe the ministry of Paul is proof that he did
have the power of God. “I do not think, however, that Paul is here thinking so much of the power
displayed in the resurrection, as of the power which comes out of it, which may most properly be
called, ‘the power of his resurrection.’ This the apostle desired to apprehend and to know.” (Spurgeon)
Our knowledge of God comes from the Word of God. If we give more time and energy
into the word, we will inevitably know Him in more intimate way. We get out of it what we put into it.