by Tony Clark
God just wants to communicate with us, interaction, give and receive, to and fro, like a dance. And how we communicate with Him can be so varied; it can be a song, in prayer, by journaling. He wants to know our hearts, wants us to express ourselves to Him. It’s what He finds most important, most precious.
God doesn’t want us to be isolated, stuck within ourselves, with no one to speak with or share. He has come to abide with us, in our innermost heart. We don’t need to be alone. When Jesus drew aside and prayed to the Father, He communed with Him, in His innermost parts, He drew life from Him and made an exchange with God. He took His concerns to Him and He took His joys. Remember God said “This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased!” There was nothing in God that didn’t want to be with Him, be near Him. He was the delight of God’s heart.
God doesn’t look at our flaws or failings, He looks at our hearts and He loves us. We look at our failings and withdraw, feeling worthless, but that’s when we should turn and push into God because He is our strength and He is our perfection, and He heals us. He is not a God that cannot empathise with our weakness because He also was tempted and subject to weakness. This is the victory! That in our sin, in our weakness He saved us! And because Christ paid for our sin we can come boldly to the throne in grace and seek mercy. It’s the only gospel that can save us, it’s the only good news that will liberate us to go to the world. To know that you are forgiven is the greatest power on earth. When we can believe that we are forgiven it will be easy to believe God for healing, or to meet our needs, because the forgiveness of God displays and reveals His mercy and favour towards us. And His desire to unleash His goodness upon us.
