Return to God

Return to God

"Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'Return to Me,' says the Lord of hosts, ' and I will return to you.'" Zechariah 1:3

I served once with a pastor in Philly that had a sign in his office that said, "God never tires of new beginnings." During the years of my ministry, I have met a countless number of people who have walked away from God, and have said, "I wish I could get back what I once had."

The simple truth is that HE wants you to return to Him just like the prodigal in the story of the prodigal son. The father was eagerly anticipating the return of his wayward son. Your heavenly Father eagerly awaits your return to Him.

Dr. Henry Blackaby, in his devotional book EXPERIENCING GOD, says this: "God places much of the burden of what we will become on our response to Him. If we have drifted from God, His call is to return to Him. God promises that if we will return, He will immediately renew His relationship with us.

James 4:8 promises that if we draw near to God, He will draw near to us. Matthew 7:7 guarantees that if we seek Christ, we will find Him. Much of the Christian life rests upon our response and our desire to experience God to the fullest.

Why is it that some Christians seem to go much deeper in their walk with God than others? Why have some had such powerful intercessory prayer ministries that have changed the courses of nations? Why has God chosen to annoint the words of some so that, when they speak or preach or pray, it is obvious that their words are consecrated by God?

It is because these individuals have committed themselves to pursue God until His presence is powerfully real in their lives. They have decided to settle for nothing less than a vibrant relationship with God, and He has honored their desire.

Have you become complacent in your relationship with God, or are you hungering for more? Don't become satisfied with a relationship with God that is broken by sin and void of the power of the Holy Spirit. You have just as much of God's powerful presence available to you as the greatest saint in history! Return to God. There is so much more in store for you if you will return to Him. He awaits your response."

Is He speaking to your heart today, my dear brother? Return to Him! Don't delay! -- Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK

God's WORD for YOU: Proverbs 7; Job 34-35; Acts 15:1-21

Great Quote: “When a believer has fallen into a low, sad state of feeling, he often tries to lift himself out of it by chastening himself with dark and doleful fears. Such is not the way to rise from the dust, but to continue in it. It is not the law, but the gospel which saves the seeking soul at first; and it is not a legal bondage, but gospel liberty which can restore the fainting believer afterwards. Slavish fear brings not back the backslider to God, but the sweet wooings of love allure him to Jesus' bosom…Whatever good quality there is in divine grace, you shall enjoy it to the full. All the riches of divine grace you shall receive in plenty; you shall be as it were drenched with it: and as sometimes the meadows become flooded by the bursting rivers, and the fields are turned into pools, so shall you be--the thirsty land shall be springs of water.” Charles Spurgeon