How can you draw near to God?

 3 Dec 25

Today's devotional: taken from YouVersion, Life Application Study Bible Devotion


How can you draw near to God? 

The Bible makes it clear that your own body is God's temple. Your spirit needs and wants closeness to God. You want to know the living God personally, not as an idea or concept, not as a distant monarch. You can draw near to God through prayer, worship, and Bible meditation. You need not live like a monk, but you probably need more prayer in your life. The habit of worship has become a convenience to be wedged between sports, and other recreations. Instead, make worship your top priority. Bible meditation may include verse memory, songs, and quiet personal reading. The Bible is the Word of God for you. Use it every day and you will draw nearer to God.


“(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.”Hebrews‬ ‭7‬:‭19‬ ‭NIV‬‬

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Reflections

Draw near to God but He too, yearns to draw near to us. We in Him and He in us.


I have probably mentioned this quite a bit but still, we have to be intentional. It takes consistent efforts to want to know God. It takes us taking up our cross daily and follow Him. It reminds us that our daily lives are a witness to His faithfulness and His mercies are new every morning. It points us to put Him at the Center of our lives, nothing more, nothing less.


We can only draw near to God when we will willing to sacrifice ourself, our time, our energy, or anything else for the matter, putting Him first in everything and in every decision. When we choose to honour Him and put Him first, the rest of the things will just follow. You will find that all the things that flow through you seem to change for the better. You will find peace, harmony, and even love in its midst. When Jesus is at the Center, everything else is secondary.

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