About reaching out to God…
Acts 17:27 God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for
him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
All of us live in the secular world. As a respite from the darkness in the
world, we retreat to a Christian gathering at church to worship or to a Bible
study to learn more about God and His ways. However, the fact is we all live in
the darkness of the world. God hopes and wills that we should reach out to Him
from the dark world in which we live. Although we live in a dark world, God
hopes we can seek Him out. Of course, God cannot force us to reach out to Him.
God can, does, and will talk to us and get us to come to our secular senses, but
we too often do not listen. Reaching out to God has to be our decision. Reaching
out to God is the most important choice anyone will ever make. Reaching out to
God in the middle of the pain, suffering, worry, anxiety, fear, doubt, and
sometimes trauma of our life looks nearly impossible if we step back and look at
our life from an objective point of view. However, all things are possible with
God. Because all things are possible with God, you can reach out to Him, and
more importantly, you can reach BEYOND all the pain, suffering, worry, anxiety,
fear, and doubt you have. You can not only reach out to God and reach beyond the
darkness of this life, you can even touch God and you can even let God touch
you. The reason you can touch God and let God can touch you is because you don't
have very far to reach. The reason you can touch God and God can touch you is
because He lives within you. Every moment, God and His kingdom are within you.
Although your life may be covered over in all kinds of pain, stress, and
darkness within your heart, there is a real live person called Jesus Christ who
calls you every second. And every second He calls, He yearns with all the power
of the universe that you would answer Him.
