"Draw Close to God, and He Will Draw Close to You"

The simple exhortation at James 4:5 is more than a goal. It is a journey.  As long as we remain faithful, that journey will never end.  We will never stop drawing closer and closer to Jehovah. After all, there will always be more to learn about him.  We should not imagine that this book has taught us all there is to know about Jehovah. Why we have barely begun to discuss all that the Bible says about our God! And even the Bible itself does not tell us all there is  to know about Jehovah.  The apostle John supposed that if everything that Jesus did during his earthly ministry were put in writing, "the world itself could not contain the scroll written."  (John 21:25) If such a thing could be said of the Son, how much more so of the Father! 

Even eternal life will not bring us to the end of learning about Jehovah.  (Ecclesiastes 3:11)  Think, then, of the prospect before us.  After having lived for hundreds, thousands, millions, even billions of years, we will know far more about Jehovah God than we do now. But we will still feel that there are countless wonderful things to be learned.  We will be eager  to learn more, for we always have reason to feel as did the psalmist, who sang:  "The drawing near to God is good for me."  (Psalm 73:28)  Eternal life will be imaginably rich and varied-and drawing closer to Jehovah will always be he more rewarding part of it.

May you respond to Jehovah's love now, by loving him with your whole heart, soul, mind, and strength.  (Mark 12:29, 30) May your love be loyal and steadfast. May the decisions that you make every day, from the smallest to the greatest, all reflect the same guiding principle-that you will always choose the pat that leads you to a stronger relationship with your heavenly Father.  Above all, may you ever draw closer to Jehovah and may he draw ever closer to you-throughout all eternity!  




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From the book: Draw Close to Jehovah