HE Is Close
Some things you must know about God…so that you can really enjoy your relationship with Him.
- He is kind. He is slow to anger quick in mercy and in His discipline He is perfect.
Psalm 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
- The Holy Spirit is not just an experience, the Holy Spirit is God.
John 14:16-18 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
- His Word is close to us. He is not at a distance.
Deuteronomy 30:11-13 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Relationship with God is the only thing that will ultimately satisfy you…
A.W. Tozer put it like this: “For it is not mere words that nourish the soul, but God Himself, and unless and until the hearers find God in personal experience they are not the better for having heard the truth. The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in his presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of the very God Himself in the core and center of their hearts.
