believing in v believing

Have you ever stopped to consider the difference between 'believing in God' and 'believing God'. The little word 'in' makes a tremendous difference.
Do you 'believe in God?' or 'believe God?'
Many a person who is opposed to God believe IN God, but they do not BELIEVE GOD!
Obviously to 'believe God' you have to 'believe in God'. But to 'believe in God' does not necessarily mean you 'believe God.'
Being a follower of Jesus is to believe God when he reveals Jesus is his Son. It means to believe God that their is no way to God except through Jesus. It is to believe that God who raised Jesus from the dead, can also raise us up from spiritual death to spiritual life.
Where are you today? Are you a believer IN God or do you BELIEVE GOD?