Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. – James 4:8
Getting in touch with a high-profile person generally comes down to one thing… connecting with their representatives. It is cliché but that is how it works best: “Have your people call my people.” That process is not just a joke, it is a realistic process of communication. In the spiritual world, you have been given a great gift, access to your Creator God through Jesus Christ!
As you seek to relate with God, you will naturally become aware of the distance between you and the Father. That space is the result of your sin and God’s holiness. The good news is that God made a way to circumvent that barrier. While most religions propose a list of “things to do” to get God’s attention, He has given access to all humankind through His Son, the resurrected God-Man, Jesus Christ. Jesus explained this plainly to His followers, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).
The first step to drawing close to God is knowing His Son. There is no space between them. Christ will help you understand who you are in God’s Kingdom and how to live in God’s blessing with His help. Do not let anyone’s complicated ideas cause you to stumble in your simple faith journey with Jesus Christ. If you desire to know God, know Christ, and your desire will be fulfilled. Pray for those governing America in elected offices to seek Christ as their most sought-after, high-profile appointment. Ask that judges, governors, senators, and representatives in your region of the nation will discover faith in Him today.
Today’s Verse: James 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Recommended for further reading: Acts 17:27-31
27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us, 28 for
“‘In him we live and move and have our being’;
as even some of your own poets have said,
“‘For we are indeed his offspring.’
29 Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man. 30 The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, 31 because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
All Scripture quotations and audio are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
