When Paul stood in front of the Areopagus, he proclaimed the gospel to the intellectuals by revealing the one and only true God in whom they should have faith.

Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you.

Acts 17:22-23 (NKJV)

 

The altar mentioned by Paul was the last of several that were built across the city hundreds of years ago when a plague killed many Athenians. Despite their prayers and sacrifices to their many gods, they were unable to stop the plague until a prominent Greek philosopher advised them to make a sacrifice to the Unknown God, who alone has the power to save. The city listened, and the plague was gone by evening. For a time, the Athenians worshipped the Unknown God, but they quickly returned to their eclectic faith of many gods.

Without a doubt, we have one God who is our righteous Father (1 Corinthians 8:6), but like the Athenians, we are prone to forgetting Him. Some believers believe they worship one God when they worship many gods.

Anything that serves as a substitute for God is your god.

God is not unknown to you. What is known about God has been revealed through Christ. You can, however, push Him to the back of your mind whenever you choose to put your "faith" in the trappings of life rather than in Him to fulfil you.

You can try everything to make your life more comfortable and still fail. But our God, the God of all comfort, will never let you down (2 Corinthians 1:3). He will not make promises that He does not fulfill. He will not offer love that He cannot give. Learn to know God and make Him known to all.