Has God Really Moved

Has God Really Moved

“Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you…” James 4:8 (KJV)

There is a question many Christians carry for years but rarely say out loud.

“What happened?”

Not, “Does God exist?”

Not, “Is Christianity true?”

Something much quieter.

“Why doesn’t my relationship with God feel the way it used to?”

You remember a time when talking to God came naturally. Opening your Bible wasn’t another task on the list. Worship wasn’t something you endured until the sermon started. There was a freshness. A warmth. You looked forward to being with Him.

Then life happened.

Work became demanding. Family needed your attention. Bills had to be paid. Ministry became busy. Ironically, you can even spend your life doing things for God while slowly spending less time with Him.

One day you realize you’ve been functioning on yesterday’s fire, and you have no fresh Fire on your altar.

That’s a painful discovery.

The first conclusion many of us reach is that God has somehow become distant. We assume He has withdrawn because we’ve disappointed Him, become inconsistent, or simply failed too many times.

But stop for a moment.

Where and how do you think that picture of God was formed?

Certainly not from Jesus.

When you read the Gospels, you find Him moving toward people everyone else avoided.

He welcomed failures, restored those who had denied Him, and made room at His table for people who believed they no longer deserved a seat.

If Jesus perfectly reveals the Father, then we must stop imagining a God who is eager to distance Himself from His children when they fail or feel unworthy.

To know how God really feels about you, you see through the lens of Jesus because He came to show us the Father.

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

That isn’t the language of a reluctant Father.

It’s an invitation.

Maybe your awareness of God has faded.

Maybe your attention has wandered.

Maybe your heart has grown tired.

But His heart has not changed, and no matter what, He longs to have you back.

Before you spend another day trying to figure out whether God still wants you, settle this in your heart.

He is still inviting you to come close.

Prayer

Father, thank You that Your heart toward me has not changed. Quiet every voice that tells me You have turned away from me. Give me the grace to draw near again, not with fear, but with confidence, knowing that through Jesus I am welcomed into Your presence. Teach me to enjoy fellowship with You again. In Jesus’ name, Amen.