How Close Will You Let Me Get
Psalm 139:23-25 Amplified Bible (AMP)
23Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! 24And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
How close will we allow ourselves to get with God? Better yet how close will we allow God to get to us? We want God close when we are in trouble, or when we are in need of something but what about when we wake up and all is right in our world and functioning as we feel it should? How about then? In Atlantic Starrs song “Let’s Get Closer,” there are some lyrics that really ministered to me in a different way then they ever had when I read through them recently, “Closer than close, well…Closer than most...I just see so much in you…And I want a better view…I want to look deeper into you, yeah…Totally involved, well…You make my whole world revolve, yeah…Well, it feels so right…And I know I’m hooked for life…Infinite, endless, yeah…If you wanna know how long our love will last…The universe will pass, baby, yes it will…Oh, that’s how long, that’s how strong…I’ll be lovin you baby.” The wrestler John Cena says, “you can’t see me.” When we aren’t close to God and He is not close to us, it is the same way, we can’t see Him and He can’t see us.
God want to be close to us, it is His desire to be all up in our business and in our situation, but most of us won’t let Him, because us getting close to God requires our time, obedience, humility and submission. It requires us to draw close to Him and it means that we allow God to see all of our blemishes, short comings, habits, rituals and faults; it even means that He will know our whereabouts at all times. But not just can He see them, because whether we realize it or not He sees them now, but because He loves us He will want to heal them, correct them and to save us from some things, to include ourselves and many of our attitudes, behaviors and mindsets. Getting close to God and allowing Him to get close to us means that we risk having to change, howbeit for the better, it means that something other than our lip service is required. It would mean that we would really have to die to this flesh and that for many of us we would have to relinquish the spot light. For most of us that is where we are challenged and find ourselves in the fight of our lives. We don’t want to have to give up the fleshly things we do, because they feel so good, they give us what we think we need; like the attention and they allow us to have the excuses we need as well.
I have been realizing more and more that I needed a closer walk with God and I need Him all up in my life, all up in my business, I need His business to be my business and my business to be His. I need this not because of all that He is capable of doing for me, but because of who He is and because I need Him close and I need to be close so I know His will for my life and I can feel His very heart beat and understand what His heart’s desire is. We should desire closeness with anyone we love, especially God. We should want to be stuck to Him like glue and Him to us the same way. Being that close to God protects us, guides us, instructs us, is shows Him our loyalty and our love for Him. It aids in us living a more abundant life that does not just benefit us but benefits the Kingdom of God. When we are close to God and He is close to us, when we call Him, He is right there and does not have far to come to answer us. So many of us are wondering what is taking God so long to answer, well ask yourself how close do you stay to God and How close to you allow Him to be to you? That may give you the answer right there!
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