Want to know God?

Member, First Baptist Church, Gant

Have you ever wanted to meet someone so badly that you crave every morsel of information about them? Think of your favorite celebrity — maybe that person or performer came to your town and was going to have a one-day meet and greet for only 50 lucky people. You will be able to have one-on-one sessions with this person/people, eat with them, ask them questions, etc. What lengths would you go to in order to be one of those 50 people? Would you take a day off of work even if it meant you would lose your job? Would you max out your credit cards? Take out a loan? How far would you go?

Now imagine Jesus was coming to visit you at your house at 9 a.m. the next day. You got a divine message much the same way the angel announced that Mary was going to have a son. If you don’t believe in God at all, wouldn’t you be curious enough to show up? What if you confessed your belief in Him but later denied Him and stopped living for Him, wouldn’t you want to tell Him face to face what you feel now? What if you have been on the fence, so to speak, wouldn’t you want to be one of those 50 people if for no other reason than to ask Him questions and decide once and for all? What if you are a believer? Wouldn’t you want to be there just to fall down and worship the King?

I have some good news for you. No matter what category you fall into, you can yell at Him, tell Him what you feel, ask Him questions. You can worship, you can be in His presence any time you want. You don’t need an appointment, you don’t need to risk your career and you don’t need to do anything but seek Him. In Matthew 7:7–8, Jesus tells us, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” He loves you, He lives for you, He died for you and He wants you in eternity with Him. Won’t you seek Him?