Consider these two verses together...
James 4:8 KJV - 8 Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded. Proverbs 15:29 KJV - 29 The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but He heareth the prayer of the righteous. Think of them like a warm, close hug. One arm James 4:8, the other Proverbs 15:29. If we move closer to God, He gets closer to us. That doesn't necessarily happen because we are moving. That happens because He is always trying to get nearer to us. Therefore, when we stop running and start returning, it only expedites the embrace! On the other hand, the LORD is far from the wicked. I know what that's like, but then I don't. I know what it is like to be on the run from God. Dodging His call or just dropping His will, but He never really dropped me. Like back in the day when we had phones on the wall and you had to go grab something in the other room. Leaving someone on the line and the receiver just hangs there. We walk away, but the other person, unseen and unheard, is still on the other end. Waiting. God's far from the wicked because we run far, but who can run from the Omnipresent, everywhere-present, God? Yet, He hears the righteous. Not those who just do right, but are right. The only way to be right, is by faith in Him through receiving His Son, Jesus Christ! For those of us who come to God through Jesus, He hears us! He hears what we say. He even hears what we think! He cannot, not know us, because we are in Him. Just let your Heavenly Father hug you today! Draw nigh...He is not far. Wash your hands in His grace...He hears you!
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Minnie Brown
10/12/2022 09:35:11 am
Thank you for your powerful ministry regardless
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