Your God Wants You Back

February 9

Many of us believed in Santa Claus when we were children—the good saint who came on Christmas Eve to lavish us with all our hearts desired, or at least all our parents could afford. His generosity did have a ‘contingency clause.’ We knew if we hadn’t been good, the deal was off.

We long ago dismissed the notion of Santa showing up with gifts. We now know who puts the presents under the tree; unfortunately, some of us have dismissed all we once believed about an all-knowing, all-seeing, all-loving God as well. We have relegated the Bible and its teaching about a Savior into the discard pile with childhood myths.

But, as Blaise Pascal stated very succinctly, “There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.” We may like to think that we’ve reasoned God away with our human logic, but the reality is, we’ve only put a veneer over the vacuum.

The Word of God assures us, from the beginning of His Holy Book to the end, that He is ‘findable’ if we truly look for Him. Psalm 145:18 says, “The Lord is near to all who call upon Him…in truth.” Luke states that truth again in Acts 17:27 where he says, “Reach out to God and find Him, for He is near each one of us.” Your God wants you back.