There is only one God: The God of Jesus Christ. There is only one way to God, and that is Jesus Christ. He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. He is good, mighty, and holy. He is a Father to all who call upon the name of Jesus for salvation. You can actually know God for yourself. You can learn what He likes and doesn’t like. You can enjoy His company, or what many people call His “presence.” You can ask Him for advice and help anytime you would like to. The Bible is filled to the brim with His thoughts! His thoughts about us, this world, heaven, hell, eternity, conditions of the heart, creation, and even thoughts on how to handle daily life. The Bible beautifully displays the personality of God, including His likes and dislikes. So many have equated reading the Bible and praying as a form of religious duty instead of spending time with your Father, Friend, and Savior. God made you, sent His Son to die for you, and knows every single thing about you—the good, the bad, and the most vulnerable and secretive thoughts and desires of your innermost heart. Knowing all that He does about you, He didn’t think twice about sending Jesus to die just so that there would be a chance at a relationship with you. No person in all of time and eternity has ever loved you with that kind of love.
We go to such great lengths to cultivate friendships, and we behave in various manners to attain validation and ultimately, to just be liked; and way too often we forget that there is a relationship we can enjoy with our Father who knows us and loves us with an unequaled, unconditional, and unfailing love. Spend time, invest your resources, and open up your heart to God. He misses you, and He wants to hear from you. He isn’t looking for you to accomplish any grand purpose, make a great sacrifice, or fulfill your religious duty. Like a loving grandparent, He just wants to see you and talk to you. It just so happens that your Daddy is the most powerful and influential individual in all of time and eternity. And He is requesting a private audience with you, today, with His sole purpose of a mutual enjoyment of each other’s company. Will you accept?
And you did not receive the “spirit of religious duty,” leading you back into the fear of never being good enough. But you have received the “Spirit of full acceptance,” enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel orphaned, for as he rises up within us, our spirits join him in saying the words of tender affection, “Beloved Father!”
—Romans 8:15 TPT
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
—Romans 8:38–39 KJV
“I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters,” says the Lord Almighty.
—2 Corinthians 6:18 NKJV
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