Christian Devotional-Stories and Bible verses about the presence of God in our lives

Getting Close to God

Getting Close to God …

The table is empty…

getting close to God

A woman sits down…

A man sits opposite her…

Two teenage girls walk up chattering to each other and sit down

A younger girl and boy run to the table…

The girl gets there first…

Climbs on the last chair…

And leans into the center of the table

Everybody talking at once…

Everybody leaning in to hear…

To talk…

To be near each other.

The little boy…

Left without a chair…

Wants to get close to the center of their love…

But not sure what to do…

He climbs up the side of the table.

The table tips.

The boy holds on.

One degree more…

And the table will fall.

Dad lifts the boy into his lap…

The table steadies.

And the laughter…

And the love continue.

We search for the secret of getting close to God

Want to be in the center of His love…

But we are not sure what to do…

Not sure what mountains we have to climb to get close to God …

Forgetting that we are already close to God

…for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5

for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”  Joshua 1:9 

That He’s waiting for us to see Him…

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.  Romans 1:20 

Waiting for us to ask for His Wisdom…

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. James 1:5

And most of all…

Waiting for us to ask for His Grace…

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,  Ephesians 2:8

What’s the secret to getting close to God?

Maybe getting close to God starts with simply believing…

…for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.  Hebrews 11:6

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.  John 3:16-18 

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