Knowing Him

Did you know that you can have a personal relationship with the living, loving God of the Universe? Friend, I'm not talking about "religion" here. I am talking about a God who is so interested in you--well, in fact, He is crazy about you! And He waits patiently to hear from you, keeping an eye on you and an extended arm out to you through His Son, Jesus Christ. He longs to fellowship with you; in fact that's why He created you. That's the God I am talking about. He is ever present, never failing, all knowing and yet still in love with you.

So you ask, "How can I have that kind of a relationship with God?" It is so simple that even a little child can have a relationship with Him. You may be familiar with the phrase "childlike faith" and that is all that is required to develop the relationship that begins the moment that you receive the greatest gift of all.

It kind of started here when sin entered into the picture in the 'Garden of Eden,' man (Adam & Eve) could no longer fellowship with God because they made a choice to sin by eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, man's first rebellious act. This caused a huge gap between man and his Creator. (That's a very abbreviated edition.)

Well, God devised a plan that would once again bridge that gap between humanity and Himself by sending His Son Jesus, Who was God in the flesh. John 1:14 says, "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." He was God in the flesh, Who came to bring us life everlasting with Himself. You probably know the story of the life of Jesus (most of us have heard it somewhere throughout our lifetime), God in the flesh Who "For our sake He made Him to besinWhoknewnosin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God." 2 Corinthians 5:21. We celebrate the resurrection every year because it was the greatest proof that God is Who He says He is and does what He says He is going to do. On that cruel cross, Jesus, God's Son, took on every sin that ever was committed and ever will be committed and bore that to reconcile us to the Father. John 14:6 "Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Me."But the best news is that on the third day, after being crucified, Jesus dying and being buried, He rose again! How amazing is that and it was done just so that you could be reinstated with Father God! Now is that love or what!

So, here is where I extend the invitation to you. Would you like to know the Father? If your answer is yes, here is a simple prayer that you can pray--that God will hear--to make a lifelong connection to the Father.