Involuntary ignorance is not charged against you as a fault; but your fault is this—you neglect to inquire into the things you are ignorant of.
Augustine
I’ll tell you what I get out of that quote. We’re born into sin. As sinners we’re going to do ignorant things in our lives. The more in touch we are with God’s Word and caring about what God wants we will do less ignorant things, but were still fallen creatures.
The second part holds us accountable. Look around you. People are not even looking into God. They don’t care to take the time to even seriously look into why we’re here. Then there are others who are only looking for what they are seeking. Truth or finding the most obvious reason of why we’re here and what happened, isn’t as important as finding what we want it to be.
That’s where people are going to get in trouble when standing in front of the Lord. All they had to do was make a small effort to find Truth or the True God and they would have found Him. Just the simplest effort with a genuine heart.
Make an effort today to know Him better. We all need to make it a goal everyday to know Him better.