God and/or Father

God, our creator, longs to have an intimate relationship with us but so many today don't know Him. God is Love and He created us in order to extend His love toward us and to have us return and respond to His love.

We often overhear people exclaiming, "Oh my God", and the thought struck me today that one day each and every one of us will be stand before either our God (in judgement) or our Father (in mercy). The difference between God and Father is in our relationship with Him.

"They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead." 1Pe 4:5

How many people, even religious people, live out their lives, knowing about God but not really knowing Him? I had a conversation with a person in my family, who has had some religious activity as a youngster, and believes in God but does not practise any form of religion. I asked him if he knows the Queen and his reply was "yes" but I pointed out that "yes, we all know of the Queen, but we don't know her, what makes her laugh, what makes her cry, what does she like to eat, etc." God does not just want us to know of Him, but to know Him intimately as our Father in Heaven.

In Jesus own words, eternal life hangs on this intimate knowledge of God.

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. Joh 17:3

We have a choice. We can go through life knowing of God and many do, thinking that He is distant, not interested in us or even in the world in which we live. Or we can live in the truth that He longs to be Our Father, wants us to enjoy Him even as He enjoys us. The bible tells us that God counts even the hairs on our head, and that He sings over us in delight. This is no distant God. He is a loving Father who wants us to come into His presence, where at His right hand are pleasures forever more.

I would challenge you, get to know God as your Father, and taste and see that the Lord is good. You will find Him as you search for Him. Find Him in His Word (the bible), ask Him to reveal His heart to you and I know that you will never regret finding Him and getting to know Him.