Approaching God

Last week at church I witnessed one of the cutest things. This little boy wanted to be near his mom but her hands were both being held by someone on either side of her, and she was crossing her legs so he couldn't sit on her knee. But he didn't let that stop him, he grabbed her one leg, and jumped up on her lap. As I thought about it, God reminded me of this verse.

"Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace in our time of need." Hebrews 4:16

I think that what that little boy did was so powerful. Because he was confidant that his mom loved him, and he was confidant that she wouldn't push him off her lap, he wanted to be near her so he made it happen. I believe that God wants us to make it happen, to push aside those things that make us think God can't handle it or that maybe God is too busy. God is just waiting to hear from us, He wants us to approach the throne of grace with confidence.

I find it interesting that this verse says "so that we may receive mercy and find grace in our time of need." Let me ask a question, how often do you run to God when troubles face you??

In the face of troubles my instinct was to run hard and fast in the opposite direction. And after awhile of running, I'd stuff what had happened deep down in my heart, and rather than dealing with things I began to have a heart stuffed of pain and situations that had happened. The truth is no matter how much running and stuffing I did, I couldn't find this mercy and grace in my time of need. When I was in need of it, I found more turmoil, more upheaval by running from it.

I've been learning the secret to running to God in my time of need. And let me tell you, it is not something that I would want to get away from. The mercy and grace when I need it is so necessary in that time of need for me to keep going. Not only do I find mercy and grace at His throne of grace, I find peace. My heart can be calmed knowing and trusting in my King, in my Abba Father.

I believe God is calling us to be near to Him. He is asking us to throw aside those things that weigh us down and just come be with Him. Like that little boy would not let anything keep him from his mother, God wants nothing to keep us from Him. He wants to be near to us, He created us because He yearned for relationship with each and every one of us!