Hey all,
So because I was on a mission's trip this last week, a friend of mine named Miss Raquel was kind enough to write a blog post for me while I'm gone! It was supposed to post while I was gone, but the auto-scheduling messed up because...well...computers hate me. :/ But, here it is now!
The link to her blog is at the bottom of this post, and I cannot encourage you enough to go follow it. It's a fantastic blog written by an incredibly Godly young woman, serving the Lord to the best of her ability. I hope you enjoy her post here! :D
A friend of mine recently came to me and said, ‘I feel like I can’t reach God. I feel like he’s beyond my grasp.’
‘Have you prayed about it?’ I asked him.
‘Yes, but I feel like I’m just talking to the air. I don’t think He hears me.’
Needless to say, I think each of us have felt this way at some point in our Christian walk. I know that I certainly have. It’s a very difficult – and slightly scary – time to go through.
I remember when I was having doubts about whether or not I was even saved. Because I felt that God was ‘so far’ from me and how I didn’t ‘feel like I could reach Him’ made me wonder if He really wasn’t there. Maybe I really wasn’t a Christian.
But the Bible tells us that if we believe on the LORD Jesus Christ, repent of our sins and turn to Him, we are saved. (John 3:1-21, Ephesians 1:7) I had done that. Didn’t I?
Then, I thought of something. Maybe it wasn’t that God was far from me. Maybe *I* was far from Him.
As human beings, we sin. Regardless of if we are Christians or not, we still sin and always will. And sin puts us at enmity with God. Especially sin that we keep committing…
Yes, Jesus has forgiven us of all our sins and cleansed us from unrighteousness (1 John 1:9), but that doesn’t mean that we should continue sinning. I believe that, as a part of punishment (if you will), that God seems to move farther and farther away from us because we are cluttering our spiritual life with sin that we keep committing…and not giving HIM enough time in our lives. The time that He needs and is jealous for.
So when God feels ‘far away’ from you, take a look at your spiritual life. Does it need some cleaning up? Do you need to make more room in it for time with God? God is never-changing. His love for you stays the same. But relationships are a two way deal. If you’re not giving Him the praise, honor and time He deserves – and letting rubbish collect in your private love life with Him – then He won’t feel so near.
Take some time today to ask God’s forgiveness for sins you’ve committed. We should do this every day, but if you are feeling especially far from Him, take the time to examine your heart. Perhaps it needs some polishing up.
Remember that God will always love you, as His child. And He will always be just a breath away…
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Miss Raquel is a lover of words, beautiful photographs, twirly dresses, bowties, Converse, frozen yogurt, all things Western and romantic sayings. She blogs at God's Daughter, where she writes on a variety of different topics. Feel free to stop by any time and leave her a comment!
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