What does it mean that God wants to have a personal relationship with us?
Just before Jesus made his final ascension to heaven he made this promise to all believers:
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
From the moment you pray to receive Jesus Christ into your heart, God desires to be your partner in this life. He gives his believers the gift of the Holy Spirit which becomes the inner voice that prompts you with what to do, what to say or changes in your life he desires you to make. The desires you had before Christ came into your life no longer are satisfying and that is ok because God has given you a new purpose with new desires that are far more satisfying. It is as though God revealed to you the more satisfying path you should be on than the one you were on.
God loves you so much that he desires his children to have a life free of wrong desires that do nothing but bring us down. That inner voice prompts you when life is taking you off the secure path.
It is as though we are on a backpacking trip navigating a terrain that is complete with rough patches of stones , boulders and thistle impossible to navigate when Jesus becomes your guide through this uncertain path.
Often, we do not sense his presence until terrible things happen to us in life.
The death of a child
The death of a loved one
The loss of a job
The diagnosis that comes out of nowhere
Through each painful incident you encounter in life, Jesus is prompting you with those verses from the ancient texts to remind you that you haven't been forsaken, nor forgotten. Verses like:
Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; Romans 5:3
“You saw the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt; you heard their cry at the Red Sea. Nehemiah 9:9
My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. Psalm 119:50
After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. Acts 1:3
To God, you were more than just a number. You are someone worth dying for. You were someone he desires to have a relationship with in these uncertain times.He understands that your life is going to be filled with pitfalls and gut-wrenching physical and emotional pain and he wants to help you recover from that pain. In God's eyes, you were fearfully and wonderfully made and the life you're about to travel is like having God's personal GPS.
While people may come and go from your life, your personal relationship with the creator of the universe is something you can count on!
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