Some weeks ago I was sitting in a beautiful oceanfront restaurant at sunrise. I was thinking how wonderful God is to create such a beautiful world. I was watching people strolling on the beach, and they, too, were watching the sun as it began to rise. Then it was like I heard God saying, You see all those people? I am calling each of them to know Me.

God wants you to know Him. He wants you to believe Him. Just because you can’t see Him does not mean He is not there. He is closer than your breath. He is more alive than anything you have experienced. He wants you to let Him love you.

He calls out to His children, “Come to Me; draw near to Me,” but they don’t know it’s their Father God who is calling, and so they become distracted thinking other things or letting people fill that void. But nothing or no one can possibly fill that intimate place that is prepared for God Himself.

Frustration sets in and you might be tempted to believe, He does not love me. He is too far away; He is too ‘high’ for me to attain. Those are lies, and you have to learn the difference between the two voices.

How do you know the difference? Know that He loves you more than anyone else. You can trust His love, His plan, His strength, and His grace. The Great I AM is whatever and whoever you need or want. Even the birds don’t go unfed. How much more does He want a relationship with you!

How do you start? You just go to Him and tell Him your heart; you can entrust your heart to Him. He knows it already, but He wants to heal it. He wants to let you know that many of the desires in your heart are from Him -- you just simply have not trusted Him enough to know those thing are in His heart for you.

Begin with “create in me a clean heart, O, God.” He will clean out the places that you don’t know how to clean out. Though you put them there, He can clean them out. He does it so gently and in so much love that you will receive His peace and joy and a deeper trust and relationship with Him.

You see, no one else can fill this need and special place like God with His precious Holy Spirit. He wants you to trust Him and His love for you. There is nothing to fear. Jesus said, “I came that you may have life and have it to the full.”

Make a decision to welcome the presence of God. You can come away with Him and experience all the peace and joy that the abundant life has for you. He is calling. This is His idea, not yours.

Stop resisting and do what the word says: “Submit to Him and let Him truly abide in you and you abide in Him.”

What a wonderful adventure is ahead for you, so just make the decision!

To the Glory of God,

sheila@sheilaweddle.com