What is actually knowing God.

It is easy when growing up in a "religious" family to believe you know everything about God. While growing up I have thought God was a powerless dictator who demanded all and yet did nothing to aid His creation. I looked at the needy of the world. I myself was needy and was overwhelmed with a self-righteous indignation about the God of the bible. Who worked like a magician for those who had faith, who granted life, wealth, and health according to our faith.Yet it was only by reading God's word that I found out who God is. His Holiness, His Love, His thoughts which are higher than my thoughts. Praise is due to Him. I better be off my roommate is telling me to get ready.