DRAW NEAR

By Rick Mathes

Hebrews 10:22 (NASB77) let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Our Lord gives us very few commands but those He gives He is dead serious about so we need to give them our immediate and priority attention. There’s five commands from God you will never be able to plead ignorance because here they are and now you don’t have any excuse for not obeying them.

1. Draw near to God.
2. Have a pure conscience.
3. Have clan moral bodies.
4. Have unwavering faith.
5. Do good works.

In order to be up close and personal to Jesus, we need to draw near. I know He can’t get any closer but to live within your skin but I believe that drawing near is submission and obedience. You can take your dog to the finest dog training school until he has their highest degree of obedience but if he chooses to lay down and won’t budge he isn’t going to do anything. I know because our St. Bernard Beethoven has us well trained!

There isn’t any hindrance too tough to draw near to our Lord because the gate to Glory and His love is wide open to you. You don’t need a key nor even to knock. He’s waiting for you to submit and obey with open arms so now is not the time to roll over and be obstinate.

You will discover His way, truth and life is brand new and unlike anything you have ever experienced before. I described it as stepping otr onto a new planet: quite an adventure I’m still enjoying the freshness and surprises.

My Roman Catholic experiences melt away in the love and presence of the real and only priest Jesus. He came, He saw, He conquered. The veil was rent from the top to the bottom of the Holy of Holies. I boldly walked in and invite you to do the same. His throne of grace is there togive us both the complete assurance that what He began as a acorn of grace in us will grow up inot a mighty oak tree of faith that will stand tall and strong against the sirocco winds of Hell’s fury. He is drawing nearer and nearer right now: submit and obey, there’s no other way.