IT'S A BIG STEP

“Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.”

(Ja. 4:8)

If we will take the first step toward God, He will take the second toward us. And remember, God’s steps are bigger than ours. No matter how far away you may feel from him today, if you will take that first step toward Him, you’ll find after He takes His, you will be face to face with your God!

It is a wise person who seeks and does those things that are good for them in this life. David said, “But it is good for me to draw near to God.” The text suggests that even the “sweet psalmist,” the one called “a man after God’s own heart,” was not always near to his God. This is implied in the words, “draw nigh.”

The song writer had it right when he penned the words, “Prone to wander, Lord I feel it; prone to leave the God I love.” Don’t you think he must have read the statement in the book of Jeremiah, where speaking of God’s elect says “Thus have they loved to wander.”

By An Old Disciple