“The decline of the knowledge of the Holy has brought on our troubles.” This is just one reason that A. W. Tozer states as to why this topic is important. If we think about it in our own lives, how often do you think about the nature of God? Or meditate on who He is and what His attributes are? Many of our beliefs as well as our worldview depend on these answers. How we view God influences how we respond to Him. We can see this every day in our current culture where many of the issues and controversies we deal with as Christians stem from what people think about who God is. They may see God as a genie to grant wishes, an angry executioner hopelessly condemning them, a ball of clay to shape into whatever they want, or as a figment of the imagination, to name a few. It is for reasons like these that a book like The Knowledge of the Holy is so beneficial for us to read. 

Each of the chapters in this book focuses on a single attribute of God. As Tozer goes through those various attributes such as The Self-existence of God, The Goodness of God, The Wisdom of God, and God’s Infinitude, he illustrates why it is so important for Christians to “think rightly about God.” This is a relatively short book, and most people could read it quite quickly from cover to cover. However, the material Tozer covers isn’t something to be glossed over. He uses Scripture, classic Christian writings, and hymns to all aid in illustrating the nature of God and His attributes. 
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​I would highly recommend this book, as it serves to remind us of the importance of studying who God is. I think we could all benefit from taking some time to consider more closely why we must think rightly about God. Tozer states that “the gravest question before the Church is always God Himself, and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like.” So take some time (and your Bible) and reflect on what you actually believe about God.