You can never stay
close to the Lord if you don’t call on Him.
Prayer is the only way you can get to the heart of God. Like anyone whom you love, the Lord thrives
on communication. He wants to hear from
you consistently and often. There is no
getting around it. You must take the
time and put forth the effort to pray.
And, you must pray sincerely.
Prayer that does not
flow from the heart is really not prayer at all. It’s not the words we say that touches the
heart of God; it’s the meaning behind the words that we speak that He
hears. The Lord hears what comes from
the heart and not from the lips. So, if
you want to know the closeness of God you must learn to pray from your heart
and not your mind. You must learn to
condition your heart to pray. And the
condition of your heart is determined by how well it is saturated by God’s
Word. The Scriptures and God’s Word are
essential and inseparable for the heart that wants to draw near to the heart of
God.
Closeness to God is
also gleaned from living by faith and not by sight. It is daily letting faith determine how we
live. It is consistently striving to put
into practice the Word. It is
understanding that what we believe doesn’t really matter if we don’t live
it. The more we live out our faith, the
closer we are drawn to God. He becomes
more and more of a big deal to us. He is
not someone we can ignore.
Take the Lord, His
Word, and His presence seriously and He will always be near to your heart. We must fight the tendency to take faith for
granted and the blessings of life we enjoy daily. We must discipline ourselves to be
God-conscious. We must do things to help
ourselves to stay near to the heart of God.
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